Ada the coster girl / Lynette Rees; read by Annie Aldington.
By: Rees, Lynette.
Contributor(s): Aldington, Annie [Reader].
Publisher: Long Preston : Magna, 2022Description: 7 sound discs (CD) (approximately 6 hr. 51 min.) : digital ; 12 cm.Content type: spoken word Media type: audio Carrier type: audio discISBN: 9781788899635.Subject(s): Families -- Fiction | Missing children -- Fiction | Brothers and sisters -- Fiction | Orphans -- Fiction | London (England) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Audiobooks.Online resources: Click here to access online Cast: Aldington, Annie.Summary: When twelve-year-old Ada Cooper's elder sister, Connie, goes mysteriously missing, Ada and her younger brother, Sam, are forced to fend for themselves. Connie's job at the match factory was the only thing keeping the family together and when the rent man, Mr Winterbourne, threatens them with internment at the workhouse for non-payment, Ada and Sam must flee. A coster mongering family come to their aid by providing Ada with a barrow of her own to sell fruit and veg by day and flowers outside the theatres by night. Will Ada and Sam ever reunite with their sister? And will they both be able to survive the savage streets?Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Audiobooks | Thatto Heath Library Talking Book | Available | 38055013154042 |
Story Sound CD
Aldington, Annie.
When twelve-year-old Ada Cooper's elder sister, Connie, goes mysteriously missing, Ada and her younger brother, Sam, are forced to fend for themselves. Connie's job at the match factory was the only thing keeping the family together and when the rent man, Mr Winterbourne, threatens them with internment at the workhouse for non-payment, Ada and Sam must flee. A coster mongering family come to their aid by providing Ada with a barrow of her own to sell fruit and veg by day and flowers outside the theatres by night. Will Ada and Sam ever reunite with their sister? And will they both be able to survive the savage streets?
Adult.