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The runaway girls / Jacqueline WIlson ; illustrated by Nick Sharratt.

Victorian London, 1851. Queen Victoria is on the throne and the Great Exhibition is about to open! Lucy Locket lives with her father, the New Mother and the New Baby. They sent away her beloved Nurse and replaced her with a horrid governess. Lucy desperately wants someone to be kind to her, and to have some fun - there's very little of that in her house. Kitty Fisher is a street performer who earns tin for her supper by tumbling. She has always lived on the street and on her wits, with only the kind Gaffer to help her. But now Gaffer is gone, and Kitty is all alone. When Lucy runs away from home, Kitty shows Lucy how to survive - where to find the best picnic leftovers in the park, and which trees makes the best beds. Lucy learns quickly and shows Kitty her own skills - befriending families to get free meals and singing beautiful melodies for the crowds.

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C9009215288 JF WIL
Junior fiction   Earlville Branch . . Available .  
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ISBN 9780857535993
9780857535986
Author Wilson, Jacqueline author.
Title The runaway girls / Jacqueline WIlson ; illustrated by Nick Sharratt.
Published London : Doubleday, 2021.
Physical description 302 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
General note "Alone on the streets of Victorian London"--Cover.
Summary Victorian London, 1851. Queen Victoria is on the throne and the Great Exhibition is about to open! Lucy Locket lives with her father, the New Mother and the New Baby. They sent away her beloved Nurse and replaced her with a horrid governess. Lucy desperately wants someone to be kind to her, and to have some fun - there's very little of that in her house. Kitty Fisher is a street performer who earns tin for her supper by tumbling. She has always lived on the street and on her wits, with only the kind Gaffer to help her. But now Gaffer is gone, and Kitty is all alone. When Lucy runs away from home, Kitty shows Lucy how to survive - where to find the best picnic leftovers in the park, and which trees makes the best beds. Lucy learns quickly and shows Kitty her own skills - befriending families to get free meals and singing beautiful melodies for the crowds.
Subject Victoria, -- Queen of Great Britain,1819-1901 -- Juvenile fiction
Great Exhibition(1851 :London, England)Juvenile fiction
Children's stories
Runaway children -- England -- Juvenile fiction
Homeless girls -- Juvenile fiction
Street entertainers -- Juvenile fiction
Runaway children -- Juvenile fiction
Homeless children -- Juvenile fiction
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
Children's stories
Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Juvenile fiction
London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
Additional author Sharratt, Nick illustrator.
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