George, a young slave living in St. Louis, Missouri, wrestles with the injustices he sees around him as he decides whether or not to flee his accustomed life and seek freedom.
Presented alongside the text, his illustrations further refine and elucidate Malot’s masterful storytelling.
Loyal friendship and honest conduct are the vital ideals of this story, and the heart interest is eloquent with noble character.
In this action-packed series debut, author Allen Zadoff pens a page-turning thriller that is as thought-provoking as it is gripping, introducing an utterly original and unforgettable antihero.
John Robinson had the worst possible start in life.
Nobody's Boy is a heart warming and moving children's classic story by the French writer Hector Malot (1830-1907) First published as Sans Famille in 1878, the story was so popular that several film and TV versions of the story have been ...
I was left with only the dogs and the monkey, hungry and footsore, and then a beautiful lady, with a child of about my own ... I was alone. . . . I should always be alone. . . . Nobody's boy. I was old enough to know that one should not ...
He had over heard people refer to him as “Nobody's Boy,” the boy found on Monk's porch. Every Saturday afternoon, the whole town gathered in Mr. Davis's pasture for a game of stickball with the next county. It did not matter which team ...
This volume collects the by far two most famous book by French author Hector Mallot: Nobody's Boy (Sans Famille, 1878), and Nobody's Girl (En Famille, 1893)The first which deals with the travels of the young orphan Remi, who is sold to the ...
Nobody's Boy
A compelling story in which orphaned Remi gets hired out to a traveling street entertainer when his foster parents fall on hard times.