May. 6th, 2013

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This is a charming YA homage to all things Dickensian. Dodger is an orphan who is enterprising, clever, and more than a bit lucky. When his sense of honor causes him to leap to the defense of an abused woman escaping from a carriage, he gets caught up in a web of intrigue that sees him elevated to a new station in life, where he becomes familiar with the likes of Charles Dickens and Benjamin Disraeli. There is quite a bit of Victorian slang to navigate, and Dodger's incomprehension of the more polite ways of speaking is the major source of humor here. In every other respect, it's a breezy adventure tale.

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