| Edition |
First Atheneum Books for Young Readers paperback edition. |
| Description |
350 pages ; 20 cm |
| Note |
"A Richard Jackson Book." |
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Nutmeg Book Award nominee, Grade 7-8 Teen, 2014. |
| 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 [pages 354-355]. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 3.5 8.0 148119. |
| Subject |
Detective and mystery stories.
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Families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
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Homeless persons -- Fiction.
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Gangs -- Fiction.
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Immigrants -- Fiction.
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Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
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New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Ruth, Greg, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9781416971085 paperback |
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1416971084 paperback |
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