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Button Street orphans volume 6
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All the Button Street children deserve a good home. Alone and on the streets after their mother ends up in hospital, Charlie has promised his little sister Maisie he'll never let her feel frightened again. That promise is hard to keep when Maisie falls ill. Hope comes in the shape of Susan and the other nurses at the local hospital. Times are tough and lately they've seen even more children come through their doors who need kindness and a loving home....
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Eliza was left as a small baby at the workhouse in Whitechapel, wrapped in her mother's shawl, which is all she has of the mother she never knew. At 11 years-old, she has survived sickness, near starvation and harsh beatings. Master Simpkins and his cruel daughter rule the workhouse with a rod of iron, but when Romany boy, Joe, arrives at the workhouse, his spirit and courage give Eliza hope that another life is waiting for her outside. When she is...
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Button Street orphans volume 7
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When Jamie's mother dies, he is taken in by his neighbour, Martha. Small for his age, he is picked on by a local gang so joins the boxing club run by the local Bobby and learns to defend himself. Jamie's older brother, Archie, arrives back on the scene and things seem to look up, but when a violent altercation ends in tragedy, Jamie runs away again and meets a homeless girl called Cassie. She shows him the decaying slum that's she has been calling...
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Children of the workhouse volume 3
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English
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Bella has never known love. Left as a baby outside the workhouse, Bella has only ever been treated with unkindness; especially from the hateful guardians of the workhouse, who hold the fate of the inmates in their cruel hands. When she's sold as a scullery maid to a new home, Bella hopes for a better life. But her hopes are dashed as she struggles to do all the work heaped on her thin shoulders by her brutish master. Daring to escape her harsh treatment,...
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Children of the workhouse volume 2
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When Lucy and her siblings, Josh and Kitty, are orphaned, it falls to Joshua to provide for them all, but he is barely into his teens and in his naivety, falls prey to bad influences and drink. Lucy is desperate to avoid the workhouse, but when Joshua loses their meagre savings they are thrown out onto the street and, in dire poverty, it isn't long before Lucy finds herself at its gates - almost a fate worse than death. Inside the workhouse, Lucy...