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In this dark, Dickensian tale set in a bleak English mill town, Lucas Bell and Anna-Marie Murgatroyd, heirs to a fortune being gambled away by their guardian Sir Randolph Grimsby, are forced out onto the streets to make a living when their home burns to the ground. Lord Randolph is a study in greed, and the hand-to-mouth existence the orphans experience is vividly drawn.
Reviewer: Terri Schmitz
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
August, 1974