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Auxier, Jonathan, author

Sweep : the story of a girl and her monster / a story by Jonathan Auxier.

[Toronto, Ontario] : Puffin Canada, [2019]

New York, New York : Amulet Books, 2018

©2018

344 pages : map ; 22 cm

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.

Orphans -- Juvenile fiction

Chimney sweeps -- Juvenile fiction

Golem -- Juvenile fiction

Friendship -- Fiction

London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction

Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Juvenile fiction

Historical fiction

Fantasy fiction

Map on endpapers of hardcover edition.

Nominated for the 2020 Rocky Mountain Book Award.

Winner of the 2018 Governor General's Literary Award for Young People's Literature - Text.

Nominated for the 2021 Young Reader’s Choice Awards for the Junior Division (Grades 4-6).

9780735264359 (hardcover)

9781419731402 (hardcover)

9780735264373 (softcover)

9781419737022 (softcover)

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