Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Publication Year
2011
ISBN
9780547395746
Pages
156 pages
Genre
biography
Format
full length
Item Type
Nonfiction
Annotation
Warren takes you on a journey into the workhouses, slums, factories, and schools of Victorian England, and into the world of Dickens. She shows how he used his pen to do battle on behalf of the poor, becoming one of the great reformers of his or any age.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Poverty; Incarceration; impoverished family; living in poverty; starvation; financial hardship; debt; father in prison
Main Character
boy
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Booklist Book Review Stars, 2011
Distinguished Books, 2011 Non Fiction
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2012 Social Interactions and Relationship
School Library Journal Best Books, 2011 Non Fiction
School Library Journal Book Review Stars, 2011
Cybils Awards, 2011, Nominee, Non-fiction (Middle Grade and Young Adult)
Society of Midland Authors Book Award, 2012, Finalist, Children's Non Fiction
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults, 2013, Nominee, Young Adult
Keywords
London; Charles Dickens; manual labor; child labor; orphanages; journalism; politics
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Warren, Andrea, "Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London" (2011). Diverse Families. 1186.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1186