title: The Girl Who Had Nothing
author: Williamson, C.N.; Williamson, A.M.
description: Joan Carthew had reason to believe that it was her birthday, and she had signalised the occasion by running away from home. But her birthday, and her home, and her running away, were all so different from things with the same name in the lives of other children, that the celebration was not in reality as festive as it might seem if put into print.