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Gr 4-7 A luckless foundling stars in this sometimes-amusing orphan tale. When 10-year-old Solly Snow learns that he was left on the doorstep as a baby, he immediately sets off to find his true parents. His only clue is the silver spoon that Pa Scubbins had recently pawned in town. Accompanied by a bookish neighbor girl and a pesky, but clever circus performer called the -Infant Prodigy, - the boy has several narrow escapes and surprises before his quest ends. These mildly involving adventures are relate...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Why doesn't Solly Snow share the surname of his parents, the slovenly laundress Ma Stubbins and her hard-drinking husband? As Solly belatedly discovers, he was left as an infant in a basket on their snowy doorstep, together with the titular silver spoon—which surely accounts for the good manners (or "Solly's Fancy Ways") he could never have lear...Log In or Sign Up to Read More