City of orphans
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Author
Contributions
- Ruth, Greg, ill - Contributor
Publication
2011 - Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
87,500 words, Guess
Page Count
350 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveisbn_9781416971023
- Internet Archivecityoforphans0000avi1_d9b6
- Internet Archivecityoforphans0000avi1_c9i3
- Internet Archivecityoforphans0000avi1_g5e8
- ISBN-101416971025
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- ISBN-139781416971023
- Library of Congress Control Number2010049229
- OCLC Control Number693810544
- Open LibraryOL25085225M
Classifications
- DDC[Fic]
- LCCPZ7.A953 Cit 2011
Description
The streets of 1893 New York are full of life: crowded, filthy, dangerous. If you are a newsboy like thirteen-year-old Maks Geless, you need to watch out for Bruno, leader of the Plug Ugly Gang whose shadowy, sinister boss is plotting to take control of all the newsies on the lower East Side. With Bruno's boys in fierce pursuit, Maks discovers Willa, a strange girl who lives alone in an alley. It is she, stick in hand, who fights off the Plug Uglies -- but further dangers await. Maks must find a way to free his sister Emma from The Tombs, the city jail where she has been imprisoned for stealing a watch at the glamorous new Waldorf Hotel. Maks, believing her innocent, has only four days to prove it. Fortunately, there is Bartleby Donck, the eccentric lawyer (among other employments) to guide Maks and Willa in the art of detection. Against a backdrop alive with the sights and sounds of tenement New York, Maks, as boy detective, must confront a teeming world of wealth and crime, while struggling against powerful forces threatening new immigrants and the fabric of family love. - Publisher.
Description
In 1893 New York, thirteen-year-old Maks, a newsboy, teams up with Willa, a homeless girl, to clear his older sister, Emma, from charges that she stole from the brand new Waldorf Hotel, where she works. Includes historical notes.
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