He is a Russian with a Spanish name. A child of the foreign exchange students was born in Moscow and diagnosed with severe cerebral palsy. The Soviet officials told his mother that he died, and took him away to the worst place imaginable. Without the use of his hands and feet, he endured through the Soviet orphanage system. He was scheduled to die at the age of 15. However, the boy survived. He escaped. He lives.If you like to read about pink flowers, good fortune, and pleasant people, this book is not for you. This story is about pain, sorrow, and horror of near death. This book is also an extraordinary personal testament, the story of one boy's triumph in the face of impossible obstacles. What does not kill you will make you stronger. This book can make you stronger. That is if you have enough courage to read it from the beginning to the end.