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  • Street Child: Collins Modern Classics

    Berlie Doherty, Antonia Beamish, HarperCollins Publishers Limited

    Audiobook (HarperCollins Publishers Limited, June 16, 2016)
    An unforgettable tale of an orphan in Victorian London, based on the boy whose plight inspired Dr Barnardo to found his famous children's homes. When his mother dies, Jim Jarvis is left all alone in London. He is sent to the workhouse but quickly escapes, choosing a hard life on the streets of the city over the confines of the workhouse walls. Struggling to survive, Jim finally finds some friends...only to be snatched away and made to work for the remorselessly cruel Grimy Nick, constantly guarded by his vicious dog, Snipe. Will Jim ever manage to be free?
  • Street Child

    Berlie Doherty

    language (HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks, Feb. 14, 2013)
    The unforgettable tale of an orphan in Victorian London, based on the boy whose plight inspired Dr Barnardo to found his famous children’s homes.When his mother dies, Jim Jarvis is left all alone in London. He is sent to the workhouse but quickly escapes, choosing a hard life on the streets of the city over the confines of the workhouse walls.Struggling to survive, Jim finally finds some friends… only to be snatched away and made to work for the remorselessly cruel Grimy Nick, constantly guarded by his vicious dog, Snipe.Will Jim ever manage to be free?
  • Street Child

    Berlie Doherty

    Paperback (HarperCollins Publishers, Aug. 1, 2009)
    Read the story of Jim Jarvis, the boy whose plight inspired Dr Barnardo to found his famous children's homes. Now published into the 'Essential Modern Classics' list.
    Y
  • Street Child

    Berlie Doherty

    Hardcover (Orchard Books, Oct. 1, 1994)
    A fictional account of the experiences of Jim Jarvis, a young orphan who escapes the workhouse in 1860's London and survives brutal treatment and desperate circumstances until he is taken in by Dr. Barnardo, founder of a school for the city's "ragged" children.A novel based on the life of Jim Jarvis, a young orphan who escapes the workhouse in London in the 1860s and survives brutal treatment and desperate circumstances until he is taken in by Dr. Barnardo, founder of a school for the city's "ragged" children
  • Street Child

    Berlie Doherty

    Paperback (Puffin, June 1, 1996)
    After both his parents die, Jim Jarvis is forced to live on the streets where he is sold to a brutal master, yet young Jim's spirit is not broken as he continues his struggles to make his one dream, finding someone who wants to care for him, come true. Reprint.
  • Street Child

    Berlie Doherty

    Paperback (Harpercollins Pub Ltd, March 5, 1995)
    None
  • Street Child

    Berlie Doherty

    Hardcover (Orchard Books, Oct. 1, 1994)
    Jim, living in London in the 1860s, flees the workhouse after his mother dies to live a life of adventure and grinding poverty on the cruel streets while he seeks a home.
  • STREET CHILD PLAYSCRIPT

    Berlie Doherty

    Paperback (Collins Educational, July 6, 2000)
    Playscripts (Childrens/YA); Educational: English language & literacy
  • Street Child

    Berlie Doherty

    Hardcover (Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, Jan. 31, 1995)
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  • Street Child

    Berlie Doherty

    Hardcover (Chivers North Amer, Aug. 1, 1994)
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  • Street Child

    Berlie Doherty

    Hardcover (Hamish Hamilton Ltd, Sept. 30, 1993)
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  • Street Child

    Berlie Doherty

    Library Binding (Demco Media, June 1, 1996)
    A fictional account of the experiences of Jim Jarvis, a young orphan who escapes the workhouse in 1860's London and survives brutal treatment and desperate circumstances until he is taken in by Dr. Barnardo, founder of a school for the city's "ragged" children.Jim Jarvis, a young orphan, escapes the workhouse in 1860's London and survives desperate circumstances until he is taken in by Dr. Barnardo, founder of a school for the city's "ragged" children