Theo the Street Kid and the Extraordinary Competition — Jason W. Chan

This story is not for the faint of heart. This story is not your average innocent story where it's nothing but rainbows and sunshine. This is also not a children's story; that is, this is not a story written for children, although it features a teenage street kid as a main character. It contains mature subject matters and graphic scenes that are unsuitable for children. This is a young adult novel that deals with the grittiness of life in a fictional developing nation. If you still insist on reading it to children, then please don't say I didn't warn you. Because this is probably the most wretched story you've ever read. This story contains all sorts of nasty and unsavoury characters, people such as thieves and gangsters, drug dealers and prostitutes, corrupt politicians and hypocritical monks. The situations contained within this story are often dark, gritty, cruel, gruesome, somber, depressing and downright heartbreaking. No attempts will be made to sugarcoat the truth. You will be told the whole truth. Because that's life. Life can be tough and brutal and savage. It's a dog-eat-dog world, especially in a poor country like the Kingdom of Egalisia. But in the amidst of all the poverty and misery are also hope and love. Hope and love reside firmly in the heart our spunky hero, Theo. This is the story of how a down-on-his-luck orphan boy living in a poor country tried desperately to climb out of his miserable circumstances. It's the story of relentless struggle against overwhelming odds. It's the story of how good reaps good and evil reaps evil. It's the story of how the enduring tenacity of a mother's love can inspire. A poor orphan told me this story when I visited the enchanting capital city of Lotus Hill, a contradictory city of opulent palaces and squalid slums. Our story begins on a dark humid night in the middle of the rainy monsoon season. Two street boys