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Hopkinson, Deborah

A Boy Called Dickens

40 pp. | Random/Schwartz & Wade | January, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-375-86732-3 $17.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-375-96732-0 $20.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by John Hendrix. His family in debtors' prison, a young Charles Dickens supports himself by working in a factory. He spends the long days turning the drama he witnesses into stories. Hopkinson adopts a conversational style, addressing readers directly to give the tale immediacy. Hendrix paints a smoke-stained London in sepia and rust, and against this drab backdrop Dickens's imaginings stand out in lucid blues.
Reviewer: Thom Barthelmess | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2012

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