Secret in St. Something

by Barbara Brooks Wallace

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Fleeing from a cruel step-father, eleven-year-old Robin takes his baby brother and finds shelter with street boys living in a church in a tenement area of New York City.

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A two-time winner of the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for her novels The Twin in the Tavern and Sparrows in the Scullery, as well as an Edgar nominee for Cousins in the Castle, popular author Barbara Brooks Wallace lives in Alexandria, Virginia

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Dedication
For my husband, Jim, who lights up my life.
First words
Not a flicker of light from a gas lamp, nor even an oil lantern, lit the dank entryway of the tenement building.
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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Quite a story indeed!

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Fiction and Literature, Kids, Children's Books
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PZ7 .SLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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Languages
English
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Paper, Ebook
ISBNs
3
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2