Product Details
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, May 2010
eBook, 368 pages
ISBN-10: 1439132194
ISBN-13: 9781439132197
Grades: 5 - 8
Its 1849, the year John Huffmans father is sentenced to Londons Whitecross Street Prison. Hes been put away for gambling debt—leaving fourteen-year-old John and his family out on the street. But it seems gambling is the least of their problems: Father Huffman is accused of treason. Surrounded by a cast of sinister and suspicious characters, Johns not sure what to believe or whom.