Coram Boy (Nick Hern Books)
by:
Jamila Gavin (author)
Set in the eighteenth century, Coram Boy is a tale of two cities and a tale of two boys: Toby, saved from an African slave ship, and Aaron, the illegitimate heir to a great estate. It’s also a tale of fathers and sons: slave-trader, Otis, and his son Meshak; and landowner Sir William Ashbrook and...
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Set in the eighteenth century, Coram Boy is a tale of two cities and a tale of two boys: Toby, saved from an African slave ship, and Aaron, the illegitimate heir to a great estate. It’s also a tale of fathers and sons: slave-trader, Otis, and his son Meshak; and landowner Sir William Ashbrook and the son he disinherits.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781854598943 (1854598945)
ASIN: 1854598945
Publish date: 2006-04-01
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Pages no: 96
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Teen,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Historical Fiction,
18th Century,
Fiction,
Historical
Recommended for: Carey, Wanda, Laura Read from September 28 to October 03, 2013 BBC BLURB: Jamila Gavin's dramatisation of her own novel, which tells the story of two orphans at the Coram Hospital for Deserted Children in mid-18th century England.Young aristocrat Alexander Ashbrook and his be...
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