CITY OF ORPHANS
by AVI [Avinov, Marie]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/None as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 1416971025
- ISBN 13
- 9781416971023
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, 2011. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/None as Issued. Greg Ruth (Illustrator). EX-LIB/UNCIRCULATED COPY; no loan pocket. Text/BRAND NEW. 2011, First Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. DJ/None as Issued. Historical novel. Mystery, detective. Life on city streets. Story of 13 year old "newsie" (newspaper boy) Maks Geless begins on Oct 9th, 1893 in New York City --- when newspapers were 2 cents a copy! Life on the streets brings Maks in conflict w/Bruno, leader of the Plug Ugly Gang, whose boss covets control of all newsies on the lower East Side & friendship with tough, homeless girl, Willa. So it is until Maks' sister Emma, employed at the Waldorf-Astoria, is accused of theft with but 4 days to prove her innocence, and a thriller evolves!
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- Seller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 016001
- Title
- CITY OF ORPHANS
- Author
- AVI [Avinov, Marie]
- Illustrator
- Greg Ruth (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1416971025
- ISBN 13
- 9781416971023
- Publisher
- Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2011
- Keywords
- Novel, New York City, Historical Fiction, Juvenile, Gangs, Homeless, Mystery/Detective, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenile;
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- First Edition
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