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008			260330b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9781529400663
040			_aKenya National Library Service
082			_a823.92 REE
100			_aRees, Lynette, _eauthor.
245			_aThe Workhouse waif / _c Lynette Rees.
300			_a335 pages ; _c20 cm.
500			_aIncludes index
520			_aA historical fiction novel set in a mining community, following young Megan whose life is upended after her father’s death forces her family into a workhouse. Separated from her family, she struggles to survive but forms an alliance with a boy who steals apples from the market. Together, they attempt to escape poverty and build a better future, highlighting themes of resilience, hardship, and social inequality in Victorian-era England.
650			_aChild welfare _vFiction.
650			_aOrphans _vFiction.
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