An Orphan’s DreamThe compelling new book from the author of The Girl in the Ragged Shawl and The Orphans of Halfpenny Street Danny gets a terrible start in life and runs away from his drunken father when he thrashes him to within an inch of his life. But life on the streets is no better and he falls into the clutches of evil men, finding that being big and strong for his age is no protection from the people who want to do him harm. Help comes in the form of Constable

And what of the boy who had believed—dared to chase the wind—no matter where it lead

All you need is a pen and a couple of pictures and you're good to go

'I like everything about this book

For the sake of her son

Utopia and Middle Earth

and reincarnation

With stories by Washington Irving

Frog and Toad are always together

anyone could want Sutton—and now Emma—dead

Hartley offers a nuanced

the steady in and out of her own breath

An artful weaving of old legends with new realities