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Coram Boy - Jamila Gavin

Description: ISBN 0749732687 / Author: Jamila Gavin / Genre: Junior Books / Winner of the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award 2000 / Set in ... more

Coram Boy - Jamila Gavin ... 18th century England, this is the tale of Toby, Aaron and Meshak and their escape from slavery and evil fathers.

Newest Review: ... 1700s, the novel is about the thousands and thousands of abandoned children, born to mothers who couldn’t – or wouldn’t – ... more

... keep them. The 1700s were a rough time for children, unless you happened to be born to a wealthy family, and many foundling children were either abandoned or sold to slave traders who did God knows what with them. The first part concentrates on the events before the birth of the ‘two boys’ described in the write-up. Otis Gardiner is a dealer in children; he travels the country collecting illegitimate and unwanted children and charging their mothers extortionate prices to buy his silence. His son, Meshak, clearly has ...more

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	Format: Paperback, ISBN: 9780435233426 Eighteenth-century England is the setting for Jamilla Gavin's swe ...	£ 6.89	Postage & Packaging: refer to shop website Availability: refer to shop website

Format: Paperback, ISBN: 9780435233426
Eighteenth-century England is the setting for Jamilla Gavin's swe ...

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Coram Boy - Jamila Gavin: Horror and Sadness, Music and Beauty (1354 words)
by the_oracle123 - written on 07.09.06 (Very useful, 1184 readings)
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Coram Boy is a children’s book. I wonder how many people I’ve put off immediately by saying that? Well, I hope you’ll all keep reading, because Coram Boy is no ordinary children’s book – it doesn’t feature embryo wizards, high-tech fairies, or any other fantasy stuff that children’s books seem to be about nowadays. It’s not set in a futuristic or alternate universe. It doesn’t have a plot based around vanquishing a nefarious enemy. It doesn’t even have a sparkly or otherwise decorated cover. In fact, it’s something entirely different, and I don’t think you’ll find a more truthful, savage, shocking or beautiful book aimed at children. If I’m honest, I wasn’t ...

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