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Author Avi, 1937-

Title City of orphans / Avi ; with illustrations by Greg Ruth.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2011]
©2011
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Juvenile Fiction  J AVI    AVAILABLE
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Description 350 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note "A Richard Jackson book."
Summary In 1893 New York, thirteen-year-old Maks, a newsboy, teams up with Willa, a homeless girl, to clear his older sister, Emma, from charges that she stole from the brand new Waldorf Hotel, where she works. Includes historical notes.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Audience HL570L Lexile
Note HL570L Lexile
Study Program Accelerated Reader MG 3.5 8 148119
Note Accelerated Reader MG 3.5 8 148119
Subject Mystery and detective stories -- Juvenile fiction.
Family life -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction.
Homeless persons -- Juvenile fiction.
Gangs -- Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction.
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Juvenile fiction.
Added Author Ruth, Greg, illustrator.
ISBN 9781416971023
1416971025
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