Coram Boy
Author(s): Jamila Gavin
In eighteenth century London, Aaron grows up in the Corum 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.
Product Information
Jamila Gavin was Guardian Award runner-up with "The Wheel of Surya". Its sequel "The Eye of the Horse" was shortlisted for the same award and for the Smarties Award.
Winner of Whitbread Children's Book of the Year 2000 and Whitbread Book Awards: Children's Book Category 2000. Shortlisted for Carnegie Medal 2001 and Blue Peter Book Award 2001.
General Fields
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- : egmont
- : egmont
- : 0.23
- : 01 September 2000
- : 201mm X 134mm X 23mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Jamila Gavin
- : Paperback
- : 823.914
- : 323
