- Young Adult Fiction, Brothers and sisters, Orphans, Child labor
A moving and powerful story about brother and sister, Joe and Annie, who flee from a pitiful existence as servants. They embark on a tough and perilous journey to Manchester in search of their mother who was forced to leave them at the workhouse when they were very young.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and bleak.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Livi Michael
- First published
- 2005
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons, Penguin Group UK
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780399243578
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