| Edition |
First US edition. |
| Description |
198 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
Chapter One : The borrowed slippers : Chapter Two : Goose -- Chapter Three : The factory of nightmares Chapter Four : The slipper stealer -- Chapter Five : Three broken matches -- Chapter Six : Mrs. Besant and my mam -- Chapter Seven : The final match -- Chapter Eght : Mrs. Gladstone arrives -- Chapter Nine : Striking back -- Almost a fairytale : a better ending -- Notes from the author and illustrator. |
| Summary |
"It only takes one strike! A powerful feminist reworking of the Hans Christian Andersen classic, from bestselling and award-winning creators Emma Carroll and Lauren Child. Bridie works hard to feed her family, selling matches on the streets of Victorian London. After an incident leaves her with only three matches left, the magical strike of each one sees her tumble into visions of a brighter future. Realizing she has the power to change her own fortune, Bridie leads the match factory workers out on strike, achieving the remarkable through their unity and courage. A defiant and empowering retelling of the classic you thought you knew, based on real-life events, this stunning collaboration brought to life in glorious spot colour introduces a bold new heroine for future generations to treasure"--Information from the Internet. |
| Subject |
Girls -- Juvenile fiction.
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Poverty -- Juvenile fiction.
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Death -- Juvenile fiction.
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Child labor -- Juvenile fiction.
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Children's stories.
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JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / Adaptations.
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JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Homelessness & Poverty.
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JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Historical fiction (OCoLC)fst01726640
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Folk tales.
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| Added Author |
Child, Lauren, illustrator. https://isni.org/isni/0000000114786794
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Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875.
Lille pige med svovlstikkerne.
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| ISBN |
1536233358 |
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9781536233353 |
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