Sparrows in the Scullery

Colin Trevelyan, newly orphaned heir to his parents' fortune, is kidnapped in the night from his ancestral home and taken to the grim Broggin Home for Boys, where he is underfed, overworked, and destined for a short life in a deadly glass factory. "A "Junior Literary Guild" selection and winner of the "Mystery Writers of America" EDGAR Award.

This story "immediately hooks readers, who will gobble up this satisfying fare," says "School Library Journal. "Fully realized Victorian melodrama that would make Dickens proud," says "The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books."

Colin Trevelyan, mostenitor nou-orfan al averii parintilor sai, este rapit noaptea din casa sa ancestrala si dus la acasa, pentru barbati, Broggin, unde este subalimentat, suprasolicitat si destinat unei vieti scurte intr-o fabrica de sticla mortala. O selectie „Junior Literary Guild” si castigatoare a Premiului EDGAR „Mystery Writers of America”. Aceasta poveste „atrage imediat cititorii, care vor inghiti acest tarif satisfacator”, spune „School Library Journal”.