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Call Number: Y Fiction / Avi
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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"A Richard Jackson Book."
In 1893 New York, thirteen-year-old Maks, a newsboy, teams up with Willa, a homeless girl, to clear his older sister, Emma, from charges that she stole from the brand new Waldorf Hotel, where she works. Includes historical notes.
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A puzzle submitted by Miriam Wasserman on July 1, 2015, 4:59pm A suspenseful book. As you begin to read it more and more is revealed in the end everything falls into place, linked together
PUBLISHED
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 350 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 570
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781416971023
1416971025
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Ruth, Greg.
SUBJECTS
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Mystery and detective stories.
Family life -- New York -- Fiction.
Homeless persons -- Fiction.
Gangs -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Fiction.