George's mother had often told him the story of when she was a little girl in Virginia and watched the local slave dealer put a little boy, one of her playmates, whose mother was the Burwell family cook, on a hanging scale to weigh him ...
Hector Malot's most famous book, tells the story of an orphan, raised by a loving adoptive mother, later sold to an entertainer, traveling across the French countryside.Nobody's Boy became immensely popular as a children's book, although ...
The incredible story of an abused and neglected boy who became a successful teacher, only to have his very existence threatened by a rare, incurable disease.
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 ...
Loyal friendship and honest conduct are the vital ideals of this story, and the heart interest is eloquent with noble character.
Nobody's Boy
Nobody's Boy is a French novel by Hector Malot, published for the first time in 1878. The story is set in the nineteenth century. An abandoned child, Remi, is sold by his adoptive parents to a mountebank.
... pictures of Dale leading out in Sabbath school , David teaching in the church school . The plane caught an air pocket then , thudding against the wind as he pulled out the photo of Sandy and her husband , Eric . Their service is just ...