Title: Oliver Twist [adaptation]
Description: A simplified retelling of the adventures of an orphan boy who lives in the squalid surroundings of a nineteenth-century English workhouse until he becomes involved with a gang of thieves. With big type, short chapters, plenty of artwork, and a text geared to a high-second-grade reading level, this skillful adaptation conveys the mood and excitement of the original in a format that will appeal to younger readers and older reluctant readers.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Criminals, Robbers and outlaws, Orphans, History, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, London (england), fiction, Orphans, fiction, Robbers and outlaws, fiction
Places: England, Great Britain, London, London (England)
Time periods: 19th century