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Book Review of Exiles to Glory (Laurie Jo Hansen)

Exiles to Glory (Laurie Jo Hansen)
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Kevin Senecal was nobody's hero. All he wanted from life was a professional career, a strong union to protect him, and comfortable company-owned housing well away from his Welfare Slum origins. As a senior engineering student at U.C.L.A., Kevin seemed on the verge of realizing his ambitions, when one night he was attacked by a murderous "youth gang" - and accidentally killed one of them while escaping. That's when it all changed, "You don't kill juvies in this town," the Homicide Detective told him. Suddenly Kevin Senecal was on the run, and on all of Earth there was no place to hide