![]() ![]() He called Nan “Cinderella” because he thought it annoyed her. “Keep me out of it, Cinderella,” Roger muttered. “Who told you about the Sweep?” Nan said. Nan wasn’t a boy, but you’d never know that to look at her. ![]() There were five climbing boys in the coal bin: Newt, Whittles, Shilling-Tom, Roger, and Nan. The first rule was you never asked another climber about his life Before. He was barely six years old he didn’t know all the rules. It was dark in the coal bin, but Nan could tell it was Newt who was asking. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Together, these two outcasts carve out a life together-saving one another in the process. Sweep is the story of a girl and her monster. This is the creature that saved her from the fire. Huddled in the corner is a mysterious creature-a golem-made from ash and coal. Instead, she wakes to find herself in an abandoned attic. With her wits and will, she's managed to beat the deadly odds time and time again.īut when Nan gets stuck in a deadly chimney fire, she fears her time has come. ![]() Eleven-year-old Nan Sparrow is quite possibly the best climber who ever lived-and a girl. The work was hard, thankless and brutally dangerous. A brand-new novel by one of today's most powerful storytellers, Sweep is a heart-rending adventure about the everlasting gifts of friendship and hope.įor nearly a century, Victorian London relied on "climbing boys"-orphans owned by chimney sweeps-to clean flues and protect homes from fire. ![]()
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