Coram Boy

Author : Jamila Gavin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coram Boy written by Jamila Gavin and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid, compelling and harrowing tale from Whitbread award winning Jamila Gavin. The Coram man takes babies and money from desperate mothers, promising to deliver them safely to a Foundling Hospital in London. Instead, he murders them and buries them by the roadside, to the helpless horror of his mentally ill son, Mish. Mish saves one, Aaron, who grows up happily unaware of his history, proving himself a promising musician. As Aaron's new life takes him closer to his real family, the watchful Mish makes a terrible mistake, delivering Aaron and his best friend Toby back into the hands of the Coram man.

Author : Helen Edmundson
Publisher : Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 0435233424
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coram Boy - Heinemann Plays For 11-14 written by Helen Edmundson and published by Heinemann. This book was released on 2007-01-31 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal National Theatre's 2005 Christmas show

Author : Helen Edmundson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781854598943
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coram Boy written by Helen Edmundson and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartbreaking tale of orphans, angels, murder and music - dramatised from the Whitbread Award-winning novel set in 18th-century England. In 18th-century Gloucestershire, the evil Otis Gardner preys on unmarried mothers, promising to take their babies (and their money) to Thomas Coram's hospital for foundling children. Instead, he buries the babies and pockets the loot. But Otis's downfall is set in train when his half-witted son Meshak falls in love with a young girl, Melissa, and rescues the unwanted son she has had with a disgraced aristocrat. The child is brought up in Coram's hospital, and proves to have inherited the startling musical gifts of his father - gifts that ultimately bring about his father's redemption and a heartbreaking family reunion. Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Jamila Gavin's award-winning novel, Coram Boy, was first performed at the National Theatre, London, in 2005. It won the Time Out Live Award for Best Play. 'A rich and almost Gothic drama' - Philip Pullman

Author : Stewart Foster
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481487426
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bubble written by Stewart Foster and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 2016 in Great Britain as The bubble boy.

Author : Crystal Chan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442450908
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bird written by Crystal Chan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entrenched secrets, mysterious spirits, and an astonishing friendship weave together in this extraordinary and haunting debut that School Library Journal calls “a powerful story about loss and moving on.” Nothing matters. Only Bird matters. And he flew away. Jewel never knew her brother Bird, but all her life she has lived in his shadow. Her parents blame Grandpa for the tragedy of their family’s past: they say that Grandpa attracted a malevolent spirit—a duppy—into their home. Grandpa hasn’t spoken a word since. Now Jewel is twelve, and she lives in a house full of secrets and impenetrable silence. Jewel is sure that no one will ever love her like they loved Bird, until the night that she meets a mysterious boy in a tree. Grandpa is convinced that the boy is a duppy, but Jewel knows that he is something more. And that maybe—just maybe—the time has come to break through the stagnant silence of the past.

Author : Gillian Pugh
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752480200
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London's Forgotten Children written by Gillian Pugh and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1739, the London Foundling Hospital opened its doors to take in the abandoned children of the city. It was the culmination of seventeen years of campaigning by Captain Thomas Coram, driven by his horror at seeing children die in the streets. He was supported in his endeavours by a royal charter and by William Hogarth and George Frideric Handel. The Hospital would continue as both home and school for over 215 years, raising thousands of children until they could be apprenticed out. London's Forgotten Children is a fascinating history of the first children's charity, charting the rise of this incredible institution and examining the attitude towards illegitimate children over the years. The story comes alive with the voices of children who grew up in the Hospital, and the concluding, fully updated, account of today's children's charity Coram is an ongoing testament to the vision of its founder.

Author : Jamila Gavin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781787410886
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales from India written by Jamila Gavin and published by . This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jamila Gavin
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448174929
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Blood Stone written by Jamila Gavin and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-08-31 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One diamond – a world of spies, death and deception. In Venice, the diamond promises wealth and prestige to greedy Bernardo Pagliarin. At the court of the Great Moghul in Agra, it holds the key to the throne itself. For Filippo and his family, the stone is worth far more. It could bring their father back from the dead. From the bustling markets of seventeenth-century Venice to the majestic palaces of Hindustan, acclaimed author Jamila Gavin takes the reader on an unforgettable quest across desert, sea and mountains.

Author : Jamila Gavin
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448121299
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blackberry Blue written by Jamila Gavin and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning collection of mystical fairy tales, Blackberry Blue is packed with picturesque moments that will bewitch readers - Booktrust Step into a magical world of enchanted forests, talking animals and wicked witches . . . These six magical stories will thrill and enchant you. Watch Blackberry Blue rise from the bramble patch; follow Emeka the pathfinder on his mission to save a lost king; join Princess Desire as she gallops across the Milky Way on her jet-black horse. These beautifully written and original stories will delight readers of all ages, and the stunning illustrations by Richard Collingridge will take your breath away. Gavin's six stories are spooky, engaging and refreshing in their originality. Complemented by Richard Collingridge's atmospheric illustrations, this lovely book deserves to become a classic. - Marilyn Brocklehurst, Bookseller

Author : Jamila Gavin
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 142994787X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book See No Evil written by Jamila Gavin and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This spellbinding haunted-house story takes place within the confines of a grand London mansion, a place where shadowy characters are always coming and going, almost like ghosts. But when twelve-year-old Nettie's beloved tutor disappears, the cloistered yet savvy girl must pull her head out of the sand and find out why. In her search, she makes a friend and turns detective, coming apart yet coming alive as she discovers deeply disturbing things about her father and how he funds her family's extravagant lifestyle – through human trafficking. The award-winning author's new novel is a rich and riveting story about the dangers of turning a blind eye to unsightly events and unsavory possibilities.