Street Child

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

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"A brilliant and moving book." Julia Golding, award-winning author of 'The Diamond of Drury Lane'

Product details

• Authors: Berlie Doherty, Bertie Doherty, Doherty Berlie
• Publisher: Haper Collins Children's Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.09.2009
• EAN: 9780007311255
• ISBN: 978-0-00-731125-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 15 mm
• Series: HarperCollins Children's Books; Essential modern classics; Collins Modern Classics; essential modern classics; HarperCollins Children's Modern Classics; HarperCollins Children’s Modern Classics
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; Children's and young people's books > Young people's books from 12 years of age; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; London, Greater London, JUVENILE FICTION / Classics, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Boys & Men, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Orphans & Foster Homes, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 9 years, Personal & social issues (Children's / Teenage), For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2 (England and Wales), For primary education, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Runaways, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Poverty & Homelessness, Children’s / Teenage: Social topics: Poverty / precarity, Children’s / Teenage: Action & adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage: Historical fiction