Street Child

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Street Child

Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction

Author: Berlie Doherty

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Collection: HarperCollins Children's Modern Classics

Language: English

Published by: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks

Published on: 14th February 2013

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 1 Mb

ISBN: 9780007397631


The Unforgettable Tale of an Orphan in Victorian London

Based on the boy whose plight inspired Dr Barnardo to found his famous children’s homes.

When his mother dies, Jim Jarvis is left all alone in London. He is sent to the workhouse but quickly escapes, choosing a hard life on the streets of the city over the confines of the workhouse walls.

Struggling to survive, Jim finally finds some friends… only to be snatched away and made to work for the remorselessly cruel Grimy Nick, constantly guarded by his vicious dog, Snipe.

Will Jim ever manage to be free?

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