The Copper Treasure

Melvin Burgess

oct 2015 · Distribuido por Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

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From the critically acclaimed and best-selling author of Smack comes a
middle-grade tale of adventure and cunning in the spirit of Treasure Island

Victorian London in the 1850's: Jamie, Ten Tons and Davies are young "mudlarks"--scavengers who eke out a meager existence by reclaiming bits of coal, rope, and anything of value from the muddy banks of the River Thames. Anything they find might keep them from starving for one more day.
When they see a massive roll of copper fall off a ship, the trio comes up with a daring plan to retrieve it and make their fortunes. But can three small boys alone retrieve the impossibly heavy copper from the bottom of the Thames? They resolve to find a way--or die trying.

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Melvin Burgess is the author of many novels for young adult and middle-grade readers. Among them are The Baby and Fly Pie, and Smack (winner of Britain's Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Prize for Fiction, as well as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults). Mr. Burgess lives in Lancashire, England.

Richard Williams has been illustrating books and magazines for twenty years. His clients range from Mad Magazineto Reader's Digest. He is also a nationally known portrait painter . Richard Williams resides in Syracuse, New York with his wife and two daughters.