City of Orphans
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City of Orphans

by Avi

2011•Family•350 pages

Taste attributes: familyhistoricalmysterydetectiverealisticintricatelinearenclosedemotive & stirringsolving the riddle/not as it seemsrescue/escape/jeopardyhuman spirit/resilience/survival

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Boxlist takeA contained, stirring family novel, intricate rather than simple. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.

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4.6 / 5

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About This Book

The streets of 1893 New York are full of life: crowded, filthy, dangerous. If you are a newsboy like thirteen-year-old Maks Geless, you need to watch out for Bruno, leader of the Plug Ugly Gang whose shadowy, sinister boss is plotting to take control of all the newsies on the lower East Side. With Bruno's boys in fierce pursuit, Maks discovers Willa, a strange girl who lives alone in an alley.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

FamilyHistoricalMysteryDetectiveSolving the riddle/not as it seemsRescue/escape/jeopardyHuman spirit/resilience/survival

Subjects

Homeless personsHistoryMystery and detective storiesGangsImmigrantsFamily lifeDetective and mystery storiesJuvenile fiction

Details

Author
Avi
Published
2011
Pages
350
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