Title: The pit
Description: A "tough and scruffy" youth, considered to be no good and likely to end up like his father, an alcoholic, is charged with a school theft, refuses to tell on the actual thief, and is only cleared when his own rebelliousness against his father and the comments of a lonely old woman attract village attention.
Subjects: Family life, Family, Fiction, Children's stories, Juvenile fiction, Great britain, fiction, Mystery and detective stories, Children's fiction