TY - BOOK AU - Williams,Marcia AU - Hugo,Victor TI - Les misérables SN - 0763674761 PY - 2015/// CY - Somerville, Massachusetts PB - Candlewick Press KW - Hugo, Victor, KW - Ex-convicts KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Fugitives from justice KW - Orphans KW - Paris (France) N1 - Ages 8-12 N2 - "Travel back to nineteenth-century France with ex-convict Jean Valjean as he tries to put his criminal past behind him and his fate intertwines with the ruthless Inspector Javert, determined to put Valjean back behind bars; the poor factory worker Fantine, whose struggle to provide for her child leads to her death; her orphaned daughter, Cosette, whom Valjean saves from poverty and neglect; and Cosette's besotted suitor, Marius. As a revolution sweeps through Paris, can Valjean elude Javert and secure a happy life for Cosette before all is lost" -- ER -