num_pages: 939
description: Volume 1 follows Mary Ann, a young girl living in poverty in a dockland tenement on Tyneside, from the ages of eight to thirteen. She is determined to bring about a better way of life for her family and, to the amazement of the gentle parish priest, Father Owen, and the rage and consternation of her arch-enemy, Sarah Flanagan, Mary Ann's tenacity eventually pays off.
language: English
title: The Mary Ann Novels
titlecomplete: The Mary Ann Novels
genres: Fiction
ratings_count: 54
publisher: Corgi Books