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Read the story of Jim Jarvis, the boy whose plight inspired Dr Barnardo to found his famous children`s homes. Now published into the Essential Modern Classics list.
When his mother dies Jim Jarvis is left all alone in London. He is sent to the workhouse, but quickly escapes chosing a hard life on the streets of the city over the confines of the workhouse walls.
Struggling to survive, Jim finally finds some friends only to be snatched away and made to work for the remorselessly cruel Grimy Nick, constantly guarded by his vicious dog, Snipe.
Will Jim ever manage to be free?
About the author:
Born in Knotty Ash, Liverpool, Berlie Doherty is the youngest of three children. She has been a social worker, a journalist, a teacher, and, for the past fifteen years, a writer.
Berlie has twice won the prestigious Carnegie Medal, for `Grannie was a Buffer Girl` in 1987 and for `Dear Nobody` in 1992. She lives in the Derbyshire Peak District
ISBN - 9780007311255
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Pages : 208
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