Sweep [electronic resource] : The Story of a Girl and Her Monster/

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Sweep [electronic resource] : The Story of a Girl and Her Monster/

Statement of responsibility

by Jonathan Auxier

Creator

• trueAuxier, Jonathan

Subject

• trueGreat Britain -- History -- 19th century
• trueVictorian era (1837-1901) -- 1837 -- 1901
• trueGirls and monsters
• trueEleven-year-old girls
• trueMagic
• trueRescues
• trueGolem
• trueCanadian fiction
• truePreteen girls
• trueHope
• trueOrphans
• trueFriendship
• trueHomeless persons
• trueKindness
• trueChimney sweeps
• trueMonsters
• trueLove
• trueHistorical fantasy
• trueChild labor

Genre

• trueCanadian fiction
• trueHistorical fantasy

Language

eng

Summary

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 Sweep

Theme

• trueBeing a friend

Tone

• trueMoving

Writing style

• trueLyrical

Award

• Governor General's Literary Award for English-Language Children's Literature, 2018.
• Sydney Taylor Book Award for Older Readers, 2019.

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

no index present

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

630

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 5
• 8

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Target audience

juvenile