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Avi,

City of Orphans

355 pp. | Atheneum/Jackson | September, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4169-7102-3 $16.99
(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Greg Ruth. In 1893 New York City, thirteen-year-old Maks hawks newspapers for eight cents a day. A street gang is roughing up the newsies; Maks's sister has been arrested for theft; and his father is about to lose his job. Avi's fast-paced, muscular prose, along with his Dickensian cast of characters and a mystery of comfortable complexity, make this a gratifying adventure.
Reviewer: Dean Schneider | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2011

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