Supposedly an orphan, sixteen-year-old Jed resolves to leave the nineteenth-century Pennsylvania poorhouse where he grew up and make his way in the world.
"Mistreated and half-starved at the boarding school where he has been placed by his evil guardian, fifteen-year-old Tom Brace runs away to seek his fortunes and true identity in late-nineteenth-century New York City." --
Disowned by her guardian in nineteenth-century New York City, seventeen-year-old Florence is befriended by Tom--a boy from the Bowery--with whom she has a surprising connection.
Disowned by her guardian in nineteenth-century New York City, seventeen-year-old Florence is befriended by Tom--a boy from the Bowery--with whom she has a surprising connection.