Street Child
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ISBN: 0140379363 / Publisher: Puffin, June 1996
After both his parents die, Jim Jarvis is forced to live on the streets where he is sold to a brutal master, yet young Jim's spirit is not broken as he continues his struggles to make his one dream, finding someone who wants to care for him, come true. Reprint.
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A fictional account of the experiences of Jim Jarvis, a young orphan who escapes the workhouse in 1860's London and survives brutal treatment and desperate circumstances until he is taken in by Dr. Barnardo, founder of a school for the city's "ragged" children.Jim Jarvis, a young orphan, escapes the workhouse in 1860's London and survives desperate circumstances until he is taken in by Dr. Barnardo, founder of a school for the city's "ragged" children
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