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Fagin’s Girl

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Orphan Ettie Shaw is penniless and homeless on the streets of London when she is spotted by her older brother Joe.

Joe has fallen in with a notorious pickpocket gang run by a man called Fagin, and Ettie has to disguise herself as a boy so she can come back with him to Fagin’s lair.

At first Ettie is able to help out with mending and other domestic jobs, but when one of the other boys falls ill, Fagin demands that Ettie go out pickpocketing with Joe and everything goes horribly wrong …

Fagin’s infamous gang comes to life once more in this exciting Oliver Twist-inspired adventure from bestselling author Karen McCombie.

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A short chapter book inspired by Fagin’s gang from Oliver Twist.

Life changes for poor Victorian Ettie Shaw when her brother leaves the family to find his fortune with a new job, and her mother takes ill and passes away. Finding herself with no job and nowhere to live, Ettie has to take to living and working on the streets of London, fighting to stay out of the dreaded and infamous workhouse. Suddenly, she finds her luck changing when she stumbles across her missing brother Joe, who now works for a man called Fagin.

The book is easy to read and dyslexia-friendly. The illustrations are drawn well and add to the reading experience whilst enjoying the book, and add to the author’s description of the characters and Victorian London.

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