Oliver Twist / retold from the Charles Dickens original ; abridged by Kathleen Olmstead ; illustrated by Dan Andreasen.
Material type: TextSeries: Classic startsPublication details: New York : Sterling Pub., c2006.Description: 151 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:- 1402726651
- 9781402726651
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Fiction | Classic Olmstead | Checked out | 06/12/2024 | 33111004525024 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Dickens' timeless novel transports young readers to a colorful Victorian England filled with mistreated orphans, grim workhouses, and gangs of thieving children. The hero finds himself in dire circumstances after he dares to beg for more food in the orphanage. Determined to make his way in the world, he escapes to London, where he becomes involved with criminals...and finally finds a real home.
An abridged version of the adventures of the orphan boy who is forced to practice thievery and live a life of crime in nineteenth-century London.