by Berlie Doherty · HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780006740209
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«Street Child» is the historical children’s novel by Berlie Doherty, published by HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks in paperback (146 pages, in English).
Jim Jarvis, an orphan who escapes the workhouse in 1860s London, fights a daily battle to find food and shelter. His ordeal, based on the true story of the boy who inspired Dr. Barnardo to open his refuges for destitute children, portrays the harshness of the street and the resilience of a boy who refuses to give up.
The subtitle is «The story of one boy’s fight for survival» and the cover states that the author won the Carnegie Medal. The work appeared in 1993; this paperback edition, in 1995.
For readers aged 9 to 11, especially those seeking historical children’s fiction set in Victorian England.
Berlie Doherty is an English novelist, poet, playwright and screenwriter. She is best known for children's books, for which she has twice won the Carnegie Medal. She has also written novels for adults, plays for theatre and radio, television series and libretti for children's opera.
