The Foundling
(Sans Famille)
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| Author(s): | Hector Malot |
| Illustrator(s): | Alan Herriot |
| Editor(s): | Douglas Munro |
| Translator(s): | Douglas Munro |
| Publisher(s): | Canongate Publishing, Ltd. Harmony Books |
| Year Published: | 1984 |
| Type: | Hardcover |
| Genre: | Boys Growing Up European Fiction - Novel Orphans Running away Home |
| Age Range: | Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books |
| Pages: | 259 |
| ISBN-10: | 0517563428 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780517563427 |
| OCLC: | 13947134 |
Description
This is a new translation of the classic French story of a young boy sold to a traveling show who searches for his real family the length and breadth of France.
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