num_pages: 162
description: Colin Trevelyan, newly orphaned heir to his parents' fortune, is kidnapped in the night from his ancestral home and taken to the grim Broggin Home for Boys, where he is underfed, overworked, and destined for a short life in a deadly glass factory. "A "Junior Literary Guild" selection and winner of the "Mystery Writers of America" EDGAR Award.This story "immediately hooks readers, who will gobble up this satisfying fare," says "School Library Journal. "Fully realized Victorian melodrama that would make Dickens proud," says "The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books."
language: English
title: Sparrows in the Scullery
titlecomplete: Sparrows in the Scullery
genres: Historical, Middle Grade, Childrens, Juvenile, Mystery
ratings_count: 141
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Juvenile, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: iUniverse