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The Black Brothers
A Novel in Pictures
By Tetzner, Lisa & Binder, Hans & Neumeyer, Peter
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-93242-504-8
- Publisher
- Asheville, NC : Front Street, c2004.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2004
Gr 4-7 Set in 19th-century Italy, this first English translation of a book originally published in Germany in 1941 is the story of 13-year-old Giorgio. His desperately poor parents have no choice but to sell him into servitude as a chimney sweep to pay for his mother's medical bills. On his journey to his new life, Giorgio and about a dozen other boys are mistreated by their guide. Milan does not prove to be any less harsh. Not only does the boy face the daily dang...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
