City of Orphans
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2011]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 350 pages, 5 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
In 1893 New York, thirteen-year-old Maks, a newsboy, teams up with Willa, a homeless girl, to clear his older sister, Emma, from charges that she stole from the brand new Waldorf Hotel, where she works. Includes historical notes.
Subjects:
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction.
Homeless persons -- Juvenile fiction.
Gangs -- Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction.
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction.
Homeless persons -- Juvenile fiction.
Gangs -- Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: HL570L
ISBN:
9781416971085 (pbk.)
"A Richard Jackson book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages [354]-[355]).
Includes bibliographical references (pages [354]-[355]).