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Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin follows three interwoven narratives in mid-1700s England: Otis Gardiner and his son Meshak exploit vulnerable mothers by promising to deliver their illegitimate children to Coram Foundling Hospital but instead traffick or kill them; Alexander Ashbrook, who dreams of being a composer against his father's wishes; and an illegitimate boy, Aaron, who is secretly saved and raised at the hospital. The story involves child exploitation, infanticide, slavery, and the complex network of personal and societal struggles surrounding these events.