
STREET CHILD |
Book Category:
Juvenile Fiction > General
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Author:
Berlie Doherty
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Binding:
Paperback
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ISBN 13:
9780007311255
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Price:
GBP 5.99
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Publication Year:
2009
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Publisher Info
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. InquiryBook Description
Read the story of Jim Jarvis, the boy whose plight inspired Dr Barnardo to found his famous children's homes. Now published into the Essential Modern Classics list. When his mother dies Jim Jarvis is left all alone in London. He is sent to the workhouse, but quickly escapes chosing a hard life on the streets of the city over the confines of the workhouse walls.