The Traitors' Gate
When his father is arrested as a debtor in 1849 London, fourteen-year-old John Huffman must take on unexpected responsibilities, from asking a distant relative for help to determining why people are spying on him and his family.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 26
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: spies, poverty [X], family life, mystery and detective stories, historical fiction, london (england) [X], great britain, families
Alchemy And Meggy Swann
Meggy Swann, a girl who walks with the aid of two sticks, arrives in Elizabethan London, along with her goose Louise, to stay with her father who really does not want her, and while he pursues his dream of transforming base metal into gold, Meggy undergoes a transformation herself.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 27
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: people with disabilities, alchemy, poverty [X], fathers and daughters, london (england) [X], great britain, handicapped, father-daughter relationship, historical fiction, historical fiction
Oliver Twist
After escaping from the dark and dismal workhouse where he was born, Oliver finds himself on the mean streets of Victorian-era London and is unwittingly recruited into a scabrous gang of scheming urchins.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 71
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 990
subjects: orphans, criminals, london (england) [X], bildungsromans, england fiction, dickens, charles, cartoons and comics, comic books, strips, etc, poor children, kidnapping victims, delitos, hu?rfanos, spanish language materials, londres (inglaterra), readers, english language, england, great britain, robbers and outlaws, identity (psychology), boys, old english novel, robbers and outlaws-fiction, orphans-fiction, england-fiction, cartoons and caricatures, thieves, social conditions, london, england, poverty [X], detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories, london