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City of orphans / Avi ; with illustrations by Greg Ruth. |
| Authors: | Avi, 1937- |
| Call number: | jFIC AVI |
| Publisher: | New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2011. |
| Publication date: | c2011. |
| Subject: |
Families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction.
Homeless girls -- Juvenile fiction. Gangs -- Juvenile fiction. Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction. New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Juvenile fiction. Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Title: | City of orphans / Avi ; with illustrations by Greg Ruth. |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Physical description: | 350 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Notes: | "A Richard Jackson Book." |
| Summary note: | 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. |
| Biography note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Awards note: | Young Hoosier Book Award, 2013-2014, 6-8 Nominee. |
| Genre: | Mystery fiction. |
| Added author: | Ruth, Greg, ill. |
| ISBN: | 9781416971023 (hbk.) 1416971025 (hbk.) |
| LCCN: | 2010049229 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1316990 |
| Bib No.: | 1316990 |