Street child
About this book
A fictional account of the experiences of Jim Jarvis, a young orphan who escapes the workhouse in 1860's London and survives brutal treatment and desparate circumstances until he is taken in by Dr. Barnardo, founder of a school for the city's "ragged" children.
Subjects
- children's fiction
- fiction
- homeless persons
- homeless persons -- fiction
- homeless persons, fiction
- juvenile fiction
- london (england) -- fiction
- london (england), fiction
- orphans
- orphans -- fiction
- orphans, fiction