Far from home : the sisters of street child
Doherty, Berlie2015
Book
A companion novel set in Victorian England which tells the story of Lizzie and Emily, the two sisters of Jim Jarvis, the main character in Doherty's novel, "Street Child" When Jim Jarvis is separated from his sisters, Lizzie and Emily, he thinks he will never see them again. Now for the first time, the bestselling author of Street Child reveals what happened to his orphaned sisters. In Victorian London, Lizzie and Emily are left in the care of a cook but their story takes them to the mills of northern England. There, under the keen eyes of the mill owners, the girls are made to work in harsh conditions and any chance of escape is sorely tempting...NOTE : Child apprentices routinely beaten by adult supervisors in the mill; character death which may upset some readers.
Main title:
Far from home : the sisters of street child / Berlie Doherty.
Author:
Doherty, Berlie, author
Edition:
Original.
Imprint:
London : HarperCollins, 2015.
Collation:
320 p. : 197 x 128 mm. 300 gm.
Audience:
Young People.Reading grade level: 10-12.Interest age level: 9-13.Interest grade level: KS2 KS3.
Contents:
p9 Tell me your story, Emily and Lizziep11 Take us with you, Map18 Safe till morningp28 The two deariesp40 Lame Betsyp50 Where you go, I gop56 Snatched in the nightp62 No charity children herep67 Alonep72 Mrs Clegginsp82 We're going to a mansion, remember?p95 Bleakdale Millp103 What kind of life?p112 A pattern of Sundaysetc.
Biography/History:
Born in Knotty Ash, Liverpool, Berlie Doherty is the youngest of three children. She has been a social worker, a journalist, a teacher, and, for the past fifteen years, a writer.
Berlie has twice won the prestigious Carnegie Medal, for 'Grannie was a Buffer Girl' in 1987 and for 'Dear Nobody' in 1992. She lives in the Derbyshire Peak District.
ISBN:
9780007578825 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
274082