Look insideMy Story: Workhouse
Say hello to yesterday without a Tardis. Discover My Story: the series where history gets real. England, 1871. Edith Lorrimer, the sheltered daughter of a wealthy widow, visits a workhouse for the poor. It’s a horrid place where destitute women slave all day long in exchange for food and a bed. Here Edith meets Rosie, a fiery orphan who is always in trouble. But when she is drawn into Rosie’s wild schemes, their lives will never be the same again…
- A fascinating fictional diary from a best-loved series
- A vivid first-hand account of poverty in Victorian times
- Inspiring historical reading that supports the curriculum
- Hugely popular series with over a million copies sold
Recent reviews
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Really interesting, contains great historical facts.
8 March 2014
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this book is about history
8 March 2013
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This book is about a girl called Edith, her mother works at the Stoneleigh Workhouse. Edith meets a rebel teenager called Rosie and both their lives are never the same again….
This a brill book!
5 STARS!: * * * * *
1 March 2010
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