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My Story: Factory Girl
Pamela Oldfield
Paperback (Scholastic, Jan. 3, 2011)Everybody knows the sad tale of the Little Match Girl, but less well known is the story of the girls and women who slaved fourteen hours a day in the match factories. The brutality of these conditions was brought to a head with the London Match-Girls Strike of 1888. This title offers insight into Victorian child labour.
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My Story: The Great Plague: A London Girl's Diary, 1665-1666
Pamela Oldfield
language (Scholastic Non Fiction, March 1, 2012)A time of horror has come to London. In one terrible summer, more than 15% of its population will perish. As the bubonic plague ravages London's streets, mercilessly plucking up victims and filling the plague pits with corpses, 13-year-old Alice Paynton records the outbreak in her diary. "It seems that in the past week 700 people have died of the plague. So the plague has well and truly come to London... One of the houses in the next street had a red cross painted on the door. Above the cross someone had chalked _Lord Have Mercy Upon Us._" Alice's chilling diary brings alive one of the darkest moments in British history: the Great Plague of 1665-1666.
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My Story: Workhouse
Pamela Oldfield
language (Scholastic Non-Fiction, Feb. 5, 2015)It's January 1871 when Edith, the sheltered daughter of a wealthy widow, pays her first eventful visit to the workhouse for the poor. There she meets Rosie, a rebellious, quick-tempered orphan who is always getting into trouble. Edith soon finds herself drawn into Rosie's wild schemes and both their lives are never the same again...
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The Great Plague
Pamela Oldfield
Paperback (Scholastic Press, Oct. 2, 2014)Great Plague
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My Story: The Great Plague
Pamela Oldfield
eBook (Scholastic Non-Fiction, Jan. 2, 2020)The Great Plague is a thrilling story of a young girl during the epidemic of 1665. It's 1665, and Alice is looking forward to being back in London. But the plague is spreading quickly, and as each day passes more red crosses appear on doors. When her aunt is struck down with the plague, she is forced to make a decision that could change her life forever... Alice's chilling diary brings alive one of the darkest moments in British history: the Great Plague of 1665-1666. Experience history first-hand with My Story in this all-new look!
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Workhouse
Pamela Oldfield
Paperback (Scholastic, Nov. 3, 2008)It's January 1871 when Edith, the sheltered daughter of a wealthy widow, pays her first eventful visit to the workhouse for the poor. There she meets Rosie, a rebellious, quick-tempered orphan who is always getting into trouble. Edith soon finds herself drawn into Rosie's wild schemes and both their lives are never the same again.
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The Great Plague
Pamela Oldfield
Paperback (Scholastic, May 5, 2008)It's 1665 and Alice is looking forward to being back in London. But the plague is spreading quickly, and as each day passes more red crosses appear on doors. When her aunt is struck down with the plague, she is forced to make a decision that could change her life forever...
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The Great Plague; The Diary of Alice Payton, London 1665-1666
Pamela Oldfield
Paperback (Gardners Books, Aug. 31, 2004)The diary of 13 year old Alice Paynton, a young girl in the time of Charles II. Her diary covers the months from June 1665 to the Great Fire of 1666, while the bubonic plague ravages London. In the MY STORY series.
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Workhouse
Pamela Oldfield
Paperback (SCHOLASTIC CHILDREN S BOOKS, Feb. 5, 2015)Workhouse
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The Great Plague
Pamela Oldfield
Paperback (scholastic press (october 2, 2014), March 15, 1605)None
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Melanie Brown Climbs a Tree
Pamela Oldfield
Paperback (Faber & Faber, Nov. 1, 1980)None
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The Queen's Token
Pamela Oldfield
Paperback (A&C Black, Sept. 30, 2008)Hal is a poor stable boy, who has a dream - to work for King Henry at his palace in Whitehall. But when he chances upon the royal party, it's not the meeting he was hoping for. He's accused of being a spy and his fate now rests in the King's hands. Will Henry live up to his fierce reputation, or will Hal live another day?