Coram Boy
by Gavin, Jamila
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0749732687
- ISBN 13
- 9780749732684
- Seller
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Tokyo, Japan
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About This Item
Egmont Childrens Books, 2000. Near Fine. In the great tradition of Dickens, British author Gavin mines English histo ry, contrasting 18th-century city life with that of country estates, the we althy classes with the poverty-stricken. Parallel plots develop as the auth or introduces charismatic Otis Gardiner, nicknamed the "Coram man" for his role in taking unwanted children off of the hands of rich and poor alike, a nd his simpleton son, 14-year-old Meshak. But Otis's nickname, taken from a nobler man than he (an actual historic figure, Captain Thomas Coram, who o pened a hospital for abandoned children in 1741), is unearned; readers disc over as the novel progresses just how he disposes of his charges. Meanwhile , another story emerges surrounding 13-year-old Alexander, on scholarship a s a chorister at the Gloucester Cathedral, and heir to the Ashbrook estate. Making brilliant use of an omniscient narrator, the author moves easily in and out of various characters' points of view, most notably that of the em otionally unstable Meshak, whose moral compass points somewhere shy of Nort h, but whose heart is in the right place. Alexander's and Meshak's romantic leanings toward the same young woman thicken the plot. Gavin paints low-li fe characters every bit as seductively as the high-society variety, and nev er shows her hand as the disparate threads of her narrative join together i nto a seamless whole. Ages 12-up.
Synopsis
A tale of two boys, Toby and Aaron, and an epic journey fraught with danger and excitement, until love triumphs over hatred and corruption.
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- Bookseller
- Infinity Books Japan (JP)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000001706
- Title
- Coram Boy
- Author
- Gavin, Jamila
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0749732687
- ISBN 13
- 9780749732684
- Publisher
- Egmont Childrens Books
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 2000
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