Lizzie and the lost baby / Cheryl Blackford
Material type: TextPublication details: Boston Houghton Miffin HarcourtDescription: 181pISBN:- 9780544935259
- Fiction
- England--Yorkshire
- Evacuation of civilians
- Social aspects
- England
- Prejudices
- Romanies
- Great Britain
- Abandoned children
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- Juvenile fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Yorkshire -- Juvenile fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- Fiction
- Children's Books
- Young Learners
- Fiction BLA-C
Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Books | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | FIC | Young Learners Section (For lending) | Fiction BLA-C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 44114 |
Cheryl Blackford's debut novel is set in England during World War II and told from the dual perspectives of ten-year-old Lizzie, a homesick girl evacuated from bomb-blitzed Hull to the remote Yorkshire valley, and Elijah, a local gypsy boy. When Lizzie discovers an abandoned baby, her dangerous friendship with Elijah is put to the test. Will Lizzie be able to find the baby's parents? And if she does, can she and Elijah remain friends in a world clouded by prejudice and fear? AGES: 10-12 AUTHOR: Cheryl Blackford grew up in the city of Hull, in Yorkshire, England, famous for being the most-bombed English city in World War II. After emigrating to Minnesota with her husband and children, she began writing educational software. then picture books and two nonfiction books. This is her debut novel.
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