City of orphans
By: Avi ; with illustrations by Greg Ruth
Contributors: Ruth, Greg, ill
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9781416971023
Subjects: Homeless persons; History; Mystery and detective stories; Gangs; Immigrants; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.); Family life; Fiction
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: "A Richard Jackson Book."

Includes bibliographical references [p. 354-355].

Ages 10-14.