- Teenage boys, Juvenile fiction, Chimney sweeps, Friendship
In the middle of the 19th century, poor farmers from Ticino sold their children across the Swiss-Italian border to work as "living broomsticks" in the chimneys of Milan. Thirteen-year-old Giorgio's father had no choice but to sell his son; now Giorgio survives with the help of his friend Alfredo and their secret society, the Black Brothers.
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- Author
- Lisa Tetzner
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 144
- Publisher
- Front Street, Hand Print
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781932425048
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