The Street Arab Unknown - 2011

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Welldone Publishing, 2011. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Toronto: Welldone Publishing, 2011 Book. Fine. French Wraps. Signed by Author(s). 1st Canadian Edition.. The Street Arab is a powerful novel about a boy, from a small mining town in Scotland, whose family is torn apart by the First World War and resulting poverty. After foraging for food one day, Robbie returns home to find his family missing and suffers a horrific accident. With strength and determination, he forges ahead and is sent, along with countless other British Home Children, to Canada to begin a new life. What awaits him is more than he could ever have imagined. The Street Arab, written almost a century later, pays homage to the children involved in one of Canada's largest immigration schemes. It is estimated that ten percent of Canadians are British Home Child descendants.Signed on title page, else fine.

Toronto: Welldone Publishing, 2011. No Edition Stated . Card Covers. Fine+/No Jacket. 9" X 6 . The story of a Scottish ' Home Child ' told by his daughter. 287 pp. plus Acknowledgments. Foreword by Jim Brownell, MPP (Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry), who introduced The British Home Child Day Act which was passed by the Ontario Legislature and received Royal Assent on June 1, 2011. The bill was co-sponsored by MPP Steve Clark (Leeds-Grenville). Book, story and Act have a strong local connection. SIGNED: S. Joyce. Bookseller`s Inventory # 143873,