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City of orphans  Cover Image Book Book

City of orphans / Avi ; with illustrations by Greg Ruth.

Avi, 1937- (Author). Ruth, Greg, (ill.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781416971023 (hbk.)
  • ISBN: 1416971025 (hbk.)
  • Physical Description: 350 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Richard Jackson Book."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary, etc.:
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.
Target Audience Note:
010-014.
Awards Note:
Nutmeg Award Nominee, Teen, 2014.
Subject: Families > New York (State) > New York > Juvenile fiction.
Homeless girls > Juvenile fiction.
Gangs > Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants > Juvenile fiction.
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.) > Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1865-1898 > Juvenile fiction.
Mystery and detective stories.
Family life > New York (State) > New York > Fiction.
Homeless persons > Fiction.
Gangs > Fiction.
Immigrants > Fiction.
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1865-1898 > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 44 of 44 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Wolcott Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 44 total copies.
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