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The Remarkable Life and Times of Eliza Rose
By Hooper, Mary
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-58234-854-4
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury USA Children's Books
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Reviewed on December 1, 2006
Gr 8-Up Hooper takes readers to 17th-century London in this novel about Eliza Rose, who is thrown out of her house by her stepmother. The prologue, set in 1655, tells of a girl baby being swapped at birth for a boy to please the father. The novel then jumps ahead 15 years. When Eliza arrives in London to search for her father, she steals some food and finds herself in Clink Prison, with its rats, sewage, lice, and deadly fever. While begging at the gate, she encounters handsome Valentine Howard. Their p...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
