City of orphans
By: Avi ; with illustrations by Greg Ruth
Contributors: Ruth, Greg, illustrator
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780545492744
Subjects: Families; Juvenile fiction; Homeless girls; Gangs; Immigrants; History; Mystery and detective stories; Family life; Fiction; Homeless persons; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.)
Description: In 1893 New York, thirteen-year-old Maks, a newsboy, teams up with Willa, a homeless girl, to clear his older sister, Emma, from charges that she stole from the brand new Waldorf Hotel, where she works. Includes historical notes.
Notes: "First Scholastic printing, September 2012"---T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references [p. 354-355].

Ages 10-14.