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Dear Canada: Orphan at My Door
Through the diary of 10-year-old Victoria Cope, we learn about the arrival of ragged Mary Anna, one of the thousands of impoverished British children who were sent to Canada at the beginning of the century. Mary Anna joins the Cope family as a servant and is treated well, but she has to cope with the initial apprehension of the family members and the loss of her brother, Jasper, who was placed with another family. Victoria vows to help Mary Anna find her brother, so they can be a family once again.
An African Princess
Captured, and about to be killed, a young African princess is dramatically rescued by a British naval officer. Taken to England, she is presented at court to Queen Victoria. As an important friendship begins, Sarah embarks on a whole new life. This incredible true story is retold alongside real letters, photographs and historical documents. Recounted with insight and empathy by Walter Dean Myers, the US National Ambassador for Young People's Literature 2012-2013, this is an important reflection on royalty, race, class, belonging and - above all - identity.
Orphan in the Sands
An account of the author's life as daughter of Victoria Haroutunian, survivor of the Armenian genocide. Includes accounts of other survivors and their families.
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Women and Gothic
This small collection of essays explores women’s relationship with the gothic: a relationship which has, since its eighteenth-century beginnings, always been complex. These essays demonstrate some of the scope and diversity of that relationship, and much of its intensity: the ingenuity and genius employed, the anguish experienced and the risks taken, in its evolution. Genuinely representative of gothic’s flexibility and presence in everything from novels to architecture, from surrealist art to hypertext fiction, this volume brings new primary sources and topics to the reader’s attention, and will be of interest to anyone who wants to expand and challenge their understanding of how and why women engage with the gothic.
Master of the House
Ophelia is an orphan who has lived the last four years of her life on a park bench. Her life is forever changed when another young orphan named Margaret is lost and asks Ophelia to take her home. Hours later, Ophelia and Margaret arrive upon an elaborate and haunting mansion. Margaret thanks Ophelia for walking her home, but Ophelia wants nothing more than to stay the night in a warm house. The two eventually part ways, but Ophelia returns when she realizes Margaret still has her scarf. The tale of Ophelia continues when she enters the house and becomes transformed by the magic and peculiarity of it all. Follow her journey as she wanders through gardens, dining halls, ballrooms, and secret lairs.
Criminalizing Children
Does the Australian welfare system criminalize children? This book unpacks history and politics to explore the treatment of child offenders.
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