Lawrence, Iain. The Convicts.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)

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Publication Date: 15-MAR-05

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Lawrence, Iain. The Convicts. Apr. 2005. 224p. Delacorte, $15.95 (0-385-73087-X); lib. ed., $17.99 (0-385-90109-7).

Gr. 7-10. When his father lands in debtors' prison, Tom, 14, tries to survive on the rough streets of early-nineteenth-century London. The setting is Dickensian, though more gruesome, and the story is packed with action...

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