The Black Brothers
by Lisa Tetzner
Taste attributes: historicaldramaadventurefresh & originalrealisticlinearemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalunlikely connectionsinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeAn emotional, grounded historical novel, otherwise balanced. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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5.0 / 5
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About This Book
In the middle of the 19th century, poor farmers from Ticino sold their children across the Swiss-Italian border to work as "living broomsticks" in the chimneys of Milan. Thirteen-year-old Giorgio's father had no choice but to sell his son; now Giorgio survives with the help of his friend Alfredo and their secret society, the Black Brothers.
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- Author
- Lisa Tetzner
- Published
- 1940
- Pages
- 144
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- Open Library
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