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Availability:In StockContributor:Berlie DohertySeries:HarperCollins Children's ClassicsAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:11/18/2025Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:HarperCollins Children's BooksISBN-13:9780008726454ISBN-10:8726450UPC:9780008726454Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Family, Social ThemesBook Topic:Orphans & Foster Homes, Poverty & HomelessnessSize:7.81 x 5.34 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.3109Product ID:SCDY7T7BDV

Street Child

The unforgettable tale of an orphan in Victorian London, based on the boy whose plight inspired Dr Barnardo to found his famous children's homes.

When his mother dies, Jim Jarvis is left all alone in London. He is sent to the workhouse but quickly escapes, choosing a hard life on the streets of the city over the confines of the workhouse walls.

Struggling to survive, Jim finally finds some...

Language:EnglishPublisher:HarperCollins Children's BooksISBN-13:9780008726454ISBN-10:8726450UPC:9780008726454Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Family, Social ThemesBook Topic:Orphans & Foster Homes, Poverty & HomelessnessSize:7.81 x 5.34 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.3109Product ID:SCDY7T7BDV

Born in Knotty Ash, Liverpool, Berlie Doherty is the youngest of three children. She has been a social worker, a journalist, a teacher, and, for the past fifteen years, a writer.

Berlie has twice won the prestigious Carnegie Medal, for 'Grannie was a Buffer Girl' in 1987 and for 'Dear Nobody' in 1992. She lives in the Derbyshire Peak District.


Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books

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Berlie Doherty

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