City of orphans

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The work City of orphans represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Syracuse Turkey Creek Township Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

City of orphans

Statement of responsibility

Avi ; with illustrations by Greg Ruth

Creator

• trueAvi, 1937-
• Avi, 1937-

Contributor

• Ruth, Greg
• trueRuth, Greg

Illustrator

• Ruth, Greg

Subject

• Family life -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
• trueGangs
• Gangs -- Fiction
• Historical fiction
• trueHistorical fiction
• trueHomeless girls
• Homeless girls -- Juvenile fiction
• Homeless persons -- Fiction
• trueImmigrant families
• Immigrants -- Fiction
• Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction
• trueLawyers
• trueMalicious accusation
• Mystery and detective stories
• New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Fiction
• New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Juvenile fiction
• trueNew York City -- History -- 1865-1898
• trueNewspaper vendors
• truePoverty
• trueTeenage boys
• Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
• Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction
• trueWaldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York
• Gangs -- Juvenile fiction
• true1890s -- 1890 -- 1899
• trueCorruption
• Families -- New York (State) | New York -- Juvenile fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• trueHistorical fiction
• Juvenile fiction

Language

eng

Summary

In 1893 New York, thirteen-year-old Maks, a newsboy, teams up with Willa, a homeless girl, to clear his older sister from charges that she stole from the brand new Waldorf Hotel

Theme

• trueImmigrant experiences

Storyline

• truePlot-driven

Writing style

• trueRichly detailed
• trueAttention-grabbing

Award

Land of Enchantment Book Award (New Mexico), Young Adult category, 2014.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• Ages 10-14
• HL 570

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.A953

LC item number

Cit 2011

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

570

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 6
• 8

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

pre adolescent