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

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

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1416971025
  • ISBN: 9781416971023
  • Physical Description: 350 pages, 5 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2011]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Richard Jackson book."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-355).
Target Audience Note:
HL570L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 3.5 8 148119.

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Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.) > Juvenile fiction.
Detective and mystery stories > Juvenile literature.
Families > New York (State) > New York > Juvenile fiction.
Gangs > Juvenile fiction.
Homeless girls > Juvenile fiction.
Homeless persons > Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants > Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1865-1898 > Juvenile fiction.
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Fiction.

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