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Sweep : the story of a girl and her monster / by Jonathan Auxier.

Auxier, Jonathan,: (author.).

Summary:

For nearly a century, Victorian London relied on "climbing boys"--orphans owned by chimney sweeps--to clean flues and protect homes from fire. The work was hard, thankless and brutally dangerous. Eleven-year-old Nan Sparrow is quite possibly the best climber who ever lived--and a girl. With her wits and will, she's managed to beat the deadly odds time and time again. But when Nan gets stuck in a deadly chimney fire, she fears her time has come. Instead, she wakes to find herself in an abandoned attic. And she is not alone. Huddled in the corner is a mysterious creature--a golem--made from ash and coal. This is the creature that saved her from the fire. Sweep is the story of a girl and her monster. Together, these two outcasts carve out a life together--saving one another in the process.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781419731402
  • ISBN: 1419731408
  • Physical Description: 344 pages ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Amulet Books, ©2018.

Content descriptions

Awards Note:
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children’s Literature (2019),
Sydney Taylor Book Award for Older Readers (2019),
Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Grades 6-8 (2020),
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominee (2020),
California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Middle School/Junior High (2021),
Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature Nominee (2019),
OLA Silver Birch Award Nominee (2020),
NCTE Charlotte Huck Award (2019),
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2021)
Subject: Golem > Juvenile fiction.
Chimney sweeps > Juvenile fiction.
Homeless persons > Juvenile fiction.
Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
Great Britain > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Fantasy fiction.
Historical Fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at scottsboropl.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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scottsboropl JF Aux 32269001090268 Juvenile - Fiction Available -

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300 . ‡a344 pages ; ‡c22 cm.
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338 . ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier
520 . ‡aFor nearly a century, Victorian London relied on "climbing boys"--orphans owned by chimney sweeps--to clean flues and protect homes from fire. The work was hard, thankless and brutally dangerous. Eleven-year-old Nan Sparrow is quite possibly the best climber who ever lived--and a girl. With her wits and will, she's managed to beat the deadly odds time and time again. But when Nan gets stuck in a deadly chimney fire, she fears her time has come. Instead, she wakes to find herself in an abandoned attic. And she is not alone. Huddled in the corner is a mysterious creature--a golem--made from ash and coal. This is the creature that saved her from the fire. Sweep is the story of a girl and her monster. Together, these two outcasts carve out a life together--saving one another in the process.
586 0. ‡aMythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children’s Literature (2019),
586 0. ‡aSydney Taylor Book Award for Older Readers (2019),
586 0. ‡aPennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Grades 6-8 (2020),
586 0. ‡aVermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominee (2020),
586 0. ‡aCalifornia Young Readers Medal Nominee for Middle School/Junior High (2021),
586 0. ‡aJudy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature Nominee (2019),
586 0. ‡aOLA Silver Birch Award Nominee (2020),
586 0. ‡aNCTE Charlotte Huck Award (2019),
586 0. ‡aRebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2021)
650 0. ‡aGolem ‡vJuvenile fiction.
650 0. ‡aChimney sweeps ‡vJuvenile fiction.
650 0. ‡aHomeless persons ‡vJuvenile fiction.
650 0. ‡aOrphans ‡vJuvenile fiction.
651 0. ‡aGreat Britain ‡xHistory ‡y19th century ‡vJuvenile fiction.
655 7. ‡aFantasy fiction. ‡2lcgft
655 7. ‡aHistorical Fiction.
901 . ‡a149108 ‡bUnknown ‡c149108 ‡tbiblio

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