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Sweep : the story of a girl and her monster

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  • Author: Auxier, Jonathan
    Contributor: Yelle, Tara
    Date:
    Created
    2019
    Summary:

    Nineteenth-century England. After her father's disappearance Nan Sparrow, ten, works as a "climbing boy," aiding chimney sweeps, but when her most treasured possessions end up in a fireplace, she unwittingly creates a golem. Winner of the 2018 Governor General's Award for Young People's Literature. Winner of the 2020 Red Cedar Fiction Book Award. Grades 4-7. 2018

    Genre:
    Juvenile fiction
    Subject(s): Chimney sweeps | Fantasy fiction | Golem | Homeless persons | Orphans
    Original Publisher: Toronto : Puffin, 2018, Toronto, CNIB
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9780616868508, 0616868502