Sweep, the story of a girl and her monster, a story by Jonathan Auxier
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Sweep, the story of a girl and her monster, a story by Jonathan Auxier
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Index
no index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
8-12 years
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Sweep
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
a story by Jonathan Auxier
Sub title
the story of a girl and her monster
Summary
For nearly a century, Victorian London relied on "climbing boys" - orphans owned by chimney sweeps - to clean flues and protect homes from fire. The work was hard, thankless, and dangerous. Eleven-year-old Nan Sparrow is quite possibly the best climber who ever lived, and a girl. With her wits and will, she's managed to beat the deadly odds time and time again. But when Nan gets stuck in a deadly chimney fire, she fears her time has come. Instead, she wakes to find herself in an abandoned attic and she is not alone. Huddled in the corner is a mysterious creature - a golem - made from ash and coal. This is the creature that saved her from the fire. Sweep is the story of a girl and her monster. Together, these two outcasts carve out a life, saving one another in the process
Target audience
juvenile
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Creator
Subject
- Magic realist fiction
- London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- Antisemitism -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
- Loneliness -- Juvenile fiction
- Golem -- Juvenile fiction
- Chimney sweeps -- Juvenile fiction
- Sex role -- Juvenile fiction
- Child labor -- Juvenile fiction
Content
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Genre2
- Subject11
- Magic realist fiction
- London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- Antisemitism -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
- Loneliness -- Juvenile fiction
- Golem -- Juvenile fiction
- Chimney sweeps -- Juvenile fiction
- Sex role -- Juvenile fiction
- Child labor -- Juvenile fiction
- Content1
- Author1