Status
Available
Genres
Collection
Publication
Bethlehem Books (2008), 93 pages
Description
In the early 1900s Czech Republic, twelve-year-old Philomena, orphaned after the death of her beloved grandmother, leaves the small village where she has always lived and travels to the city of Prague to work for a rich aunt she has never met and cannot seem to find.
Awards
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1957-1958)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee — 1956-1957)
Language
Original language
English