City of orphans
Title:
City of orphans
Author:
Avi, 1937-
Ruth, Greg.
ISBN:
9781416971085
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2012.
Physical Description:
350 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
General Note:
"A Richard Jackson Book."
Abstract:
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.
Subject Term:
Subject:
| Families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction. . |
| Homeless girls -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Gangs -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Mystery and detective stories. |
| Family life -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction. |
| Homeless persons -- Fiction. |
| Gangs -- Fiction. |
| Immigrants -- Fiction. |
| New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Juvenile fiction. |
| New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Fiction. |
| Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction. |
Summary:
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.