Victorian London provides a dramatic backdrop for this dramatic story about a much changed life for Sam, Eliza and Alfie Pargeter. The children have always lived a happy life in the country with their parents but, when their father takes off for America, everything in their lives changes. Suddenly the children are taken to life wit hostile relatives in the most dangerous part of London.
How they survive and the journey they take to find a more welcoming relative makes a gripping and moving story.
This Dickensian-style novel from a Carnegie-nominated author follows the twists and turns the lives of the Pargeter children take as they make their way all over London and beyond, in search of their only remaining member of family.
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This Dickensian-style novel from a Carnegie-nominated author follows the twists and turns the lives of the Pargeter children take as they make their way all over London and beyond, in search of their only remaining member of family. Sam Pargeter and his younger brother and sister have always been poor.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed A Twist of Fortune and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
A Twist of Fortune features in the following genres: Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Historical Fiction, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Recommended Children's eBooks, Featured Books for 9+ readers
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A Twist of Fortune was written by Barbara Mitchelhill and published by Andersen Press Ltd
A Twist of Fortune has 235 pages
