Library's review
A jour - ney into the warehouses, slums, factories, and schools of Victo - rian England, and into the life of Charles Dickens, who used his tal - ent for writing to describe the lives of the poor and inspire readers to social action.
Genres
Lexile
1160L
Publication
HMH Books for Young Readers (2011), Edition: Illustrated, 160 pages
Description
Warren takes you on a journey into the workhouses, slums, factories, and schools of Victorian England, and into the world of Dickens. She shows now he used his pen to do battle on behalf of the poor, becoming one of the great reformers of his or any age.
Awards
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Informational Books — 2013)
Society of Midland Authors Award (Nominee — Children's Nonfiction — 2012)
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction (Nominee — 2013)
Language
Original language
English
Pages
160
Physical description
160 p.; 9 inches
ISBN
0547395744 / 9780547395746
DDC/MDS
| 823.8 |
Similar in this library
If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge (Orbis Pictus Honor for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children (Awards)) by Marc Aronson
Liberty or Death: The Surprising Story of Runaway Slaves who Sided with the British During the American Revolution by Margaret Whitman Blair
Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way) by Sue Macy
Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network that Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement by Rick Bowers
Iron Rails, Iron Men, and the Race to Link the Nation: The Story of the Transcontinental Railroad by Martin W. Sandler
Walt Whitman: Words for America: Words For America (New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books (Awards)) by Barbara Kerley
They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti