Jonathan Auxier
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster Paperback Book
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New York Times bestselling author of The Night Gardener!A Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner!A stunning historical fantasy . . . with compelling characters. School Library JournalSTARRED REVIEW A young chimney sweep gathers an unusual family around her in this bittersweet historical fantasy of love and loss. . . . As heartbreaking as bleak midwinterand as hopeful as early spring. Kirkus Reviews Its been five years since the Sweep disappeared. Orphaned and alone, 11yearold Nan Sparrow had no other choice but to work for a ruthless chimney sweep named Wilkie Crudd. She spends her days sweeping out chimneys. The job is dangerous and thankless, but with her wits and will, Nan has managed to beat the deadly odds time and time again. When Nan gets stuck in a chimney fire, she fears the end has come. Instead, she wakes to find herself unharmed in an abandoned attic. And she is not alone. Huddled in the corner is a mysterious creaturea golemmade from soot and ash. With vivid characterstough, whipsmart Nan lovable, childlike Charlie their engaging companions even the marvelously Dickensian villainsbestselling author Jonathan Auxier addresses issues like Dickensian child labor and antiSemitism, but never becomes preachy or overbearing. As Nan painfully, tentatively, haltingly permits love to make her vulnerable, she also gains strength and purpose.Sweep is the story of a girl and her monster. Together, these two outcasts carve out a new lifesaving each other in the process. Lyrically...
Binding: Paperback;384 pages; Publisher: Abrams; Classification: YBC; Weight: 496 g; Dimensions: 140 x 209 x 32
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New York Times bestselling author of The Night Gardener!A Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner!A stunning historical fantasy . . . with compelling characters. School Library JournalSTARRED REVIEW A young chimney sweep gathers an unusual family around her in this bittersweet historical fantasy of love and loss. . . . As heartbreaking as bleak midwinterand as hopeful as early spring. Kirkus Reviews Its been five years since the Sweep disappeared. Orphaned and alone, 11yearold Nan Sparrow had no other choice but to work for a ruthless chimney sweep named Wilkie Crudd. She spends her days sweeping out chimneys. The job is dangerous and thankless, but with her wits and will, Nan has managed to beat the deadly odds time and time again. When Nan gets stuck in a chimney fire, she fears the end has come. Instead, she wakes to find herself unharmed in an abandoned attic. And she is not alone. Huddled in the corner is a mysterious creaturea golemmade from soot and ash. With vivid characterstough, whipsmart Nan lovable, childlike Charlie their engaging companions even the marvelously Dickensian villainsbestselling author Jonathan Auxier addresses issues like Dickensian child labor and antiSemitism, but never becomes preachy or overbearing. As Nan painfully, tentatively, haltingly permits love to make her vulnerable, she also gains strength and purpose.Sweep is the story of a girl and her monster. Together, these two outcasts carve out a new lifesaving each other in the process. Lyrically...
Binding: Paperback;384 pages; Publisher: Abrams; Classification: YBC; Weight: 496 g; Dimensions: 140 x 209 x 32
49p delivery on all orders over £30 (exc. Bulky Item Delivery)
Super Saver Delivery
£0.49
Standard Delivery
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Express Delivery
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Next Day Delivery
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24/7 InPost Locker | Shop Collect
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Evri ParcelShop
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Evri ParcelShop | Express Delivery
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Premium DPD Next Day Delivery
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Bulky Item Delivery
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Northern Ireland Super Saver Delivery
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Northern Ireland Standard Delivery
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Northern Ireland Express Delivery
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Unlimited free delivery for a year with Unlimited Delivery for £14.99
Please note, some delivery methods are not available for products delivered by our brand partners & they may have longer delivery times
Something not quite right? You have 28 days from the day you receive it, to send something back.
Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.
Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.
Click here to view our full Returns Policy.
Jonathan Auxier
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster Paperback Book
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