City of Orphans
| 作者 | Avi |
|---|---|
| 出版社 | Ingram International Inc |
| 商品描述 | City of Orphans：Plottwists,bigaccusations,andplentyofshifty,crookedcharactersfillthepagesofthisharrowingadventurefromNewberyMedalistAvi.Thestreetsof1893NewYork |
內容簡介
內容簡介 Plot twists, big accusations, and plenty of shifty, crooked characters fill the pages of this harrowing adventure from Newbery Medalist Avi.The streets of 1893 New York are crowded and filthy. For thirteen-year-old newsboy Maks Geless, they are also dangerous. Bruno, leader of the awful Plug Ugly Gang, has set his sights on Maks and orders his boys to track him down. Suddenly Maks finds himself on the run, doing all he can to evade the gang, with only his new friend Willa by his side. And that's just the start of Mak's troubles. His sister, Emma, has been arrested and imprisoned for stealing a watch from the glamorous new Waldorf Hotel. Maks knows she didn't do it--but will he be able to prove it in time?This is a riveting, quickly paced adventure set against a backdrop alive with the sights and sounds of tenement New York.
作者介紹
作者介紹 Avi is the author of more than seventy books for children and young adults, including the 2003 Newbery medal winner Crispin: The Cross of Lead. He has won two Newbery Honors and many other awards for his fiction. He lives with his family in Colorado. Visit him at Avi-Writer.com.
商品規格
| 書名 / | City of Orphans |
|---|---|
| 作者 / | Avi |
| 簡介 / | City of Orphans：Plottwists,bigaccusations,andplentyofshifty,crookedcharactersfillthepagesofthisharrowingadventurefromNewberyMedalistAvi.Thestreetsof1893NewYork |
| 出版社 / | Ingram International Inc |
| ISBN13 / | 9781416971085 |
| ISBN10 / | |
| EAN / | 9781416971085 |
| 誠品26碼 / | |
| 頁數 / | 368 |
| 尺寸 / | 20.5X12.3X2.4CM |
| 重量(g) / | 244.9 |
| 裝訂 / | P:平裝 |
| 語言 / | 3:英文 |
| 級別 / | N:無 |
最佳賣點
最佳賣點 : In 1893 New York, 13-year-old Maks, a newsboy, teams up with Willa, a homeless girl, to clear his older sister, Emma, from charges that she stole a watch from the brand-new Waldorf Hotel, where she works. Includes historical notes. Illustrations.