1405277033 
Paperback Coram boy /
Publication year: 2015
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Classification: 823.914
Category: Fiction
Publisher: Egmont,
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 1405277033 9781405277037 (pbk.) :
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Originally published: London: Mammoth, 2000.
Aaron grows up in the Coram Foundling Hospital, having been saved from death by a boy called Meshak. Meshak, Aaron and Toby, the child of an African slave, all have a narrow escape as Meshak's evil father sets sail to sell them into slavery. The Whitbread 2000 Book of the Year is ahaunting and captivating work of historical fiction for children.The Coram man takes babies and moneyfrom desperate mothers, promising to deliver themsafely toa Foundling Hospital in London. Instead, he murders them and buries them by the roadside, to the helpless horror of his mentally ill son, Mish.Mish saves one, Aaron,who grows up happily unaware of his history, proving himself a promising musician. As Aaron's new life takeshim closer to his realfamily, the watchful Mish makes a terrible mistake, delivering Aaron and his best friend Toby back into the hands of the Coram man.It tells the story of a dark time in English history. Fans of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Goodnight Mr Tom will love this.
Whitbread Children's Book Award
Extent: 356 pages ; 20 cm
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