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Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

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. Together, these two outcasts carve out a life, saving one another in the process. Written by one of today's most powerful storytellers, Sweep is a heartrending adventure about the everlasting gifts of friendship and hope.

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"Nan grows to love Charlie and his particular brand of magic, and she learns that golems are, by nature, ephemeral: if Charlie can flame up, he can almost certainly flame out. A cast of fully fleshed (and sooted) characters contribute texture and community, and Auxier (The Night Gardener) mixes moments of triumph and pure delight (new snow, rooftop vistas) with dark, Dickensian themes (child labor, sickness, poverty). Told in two allusive sections... that pivot between Nan’s past and present, this dazzling, warmhearted novel contemplates selflessness and saving, deep love and what makes a monster." — Publishers Weekly

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Recommended Age 9 and up
Author Jonathan Auxier
ISBN 1419731408
Publication Date Sep 25, 2018
Publisher Amulet Books
Language English