Street child (Essential modern classics)
General fiction, Historical fiction
Human-narrated audio
Summary
Jim Jarvis is a runaway. When his mother dies, Jim is all alone in the workhouse and is desperate to escape. But London in the 1860s is a dangerous and lonely place for a small boy and life is a… constant battle for survival. Just when Jim finds some friends, he is snatched away and made to work for the remorselessly cruel Grimy Nick, constantly guarded by his vicious dog, Snipe. Will Jim ever be free? Jim's gripping adventure is based on the true story of the orphan whose plight inspired Doctor Barnardo to set up his famous children's refuge. Grades 3-6. 2009, c1993.
Title Details
ISBN
9780007311255
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's
Copyright Date
2009
Book number
2418784
Audio details for CELA title
Narrator
Julie Stark
Duration
3 hours 40 minutes 45 seconds
Audio producer
Royal National Institute of the Blind, 2011.