Street Child by Berlie Doherty

This book reveals a story about a young boy named Jim, who was one of the first ever boys to be taken in by Dr Barnardo. It is set in Victorian England, during the Industrial Revolution, and starts of by telling us how Jim's runs away from a work house after his mother dies and later explains his life on the street, also his time living on a coal lighter with a man and his dog who treated him quite cruelly, until he meets Dr Barnardo, who takes him in one of his ragged school classes. This book explains to us how tough it was to live during Victorian England, and how jobs were available to children as young as us. His story is very interesting and makes you sympathise for him and his friends. I would recommend this book to people who are interested in Victorian England; it also has quite an interesting plot.

Gabriella, Year 9