Books like Workhouse child by Maggie Hope

A young orphan girl from Canada makes her way to a Prince Edward Island farm and becomes a cherished member of a family there, all while proving she has a talent for making friends and learning languages.

Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens’s 1837-39 social novel, follows an orphan raised in a workhouse who flees to London, joins a gang of pickpockets, and uncovers family secrets while exposing child labour and exploitation.

Anne Shirley: A Teacher's Inspiration in Prince Edward Island, Canada

Anne Shirley embarks on a new adventure as she leaves her old life in Prince Edward Island for college in Kingsport, Nova Scotia.

The Orphan Master's Son follows a man's journey through propaganda, identity, and state power in North Korea.

A woman's rise from poverty to political influence, inspired by stories told by a storyteller's daughter.

A touching story of a young woman and her close-knit family life in a small Canadian village named Rainbow Valley, filled with adventures and warmth from close-knit siblings and neighbors.

Easy Rawlins is hired by the LAPD to resolve a hostage crisis when a boxer‑turned‑revolutionary kidnaps a weapons manufacturer’s daughter, threatening a dramatic standoff.

No Star is Lost is a fiction novel by James T. Farrell that examines the struggles of poverty and the Irish-American community in Chicago within its early 20th-century urban landscape.

A touching 19th‑century tale of a young Belgian boy, Nello, and his devoted dog, Patrasche, who endure poverty, hardship, and loyalty in a small village near Antwerp.

This fascinating, fully illustrated volume is the definitive guide to every aspect of the workhouse and of the poor relief system in which it played a pivotal part. Compiled by Peter Higginbotham, one of Britain's best-known experts on the subject, this A-Z cornucopia covers everything from the 1725 publication - an account of several work-houses to the South African Zulu admitted to Fulham Road Workhouse in 1880. With hundreds of fascinating anecdotes, plus priceless information for researchers including workhouse locations throughout the British Isles, useful websites and archive repository details, maps, plans, original workhouse publications and an extensive bibliography, it will delight family historians and general readers alike. Where was my local workhouse? What records did they keep? What is gruel and is it really what inmates lived on? How did you get out of a workhouse? What famous people were once workhouse inmates? Are there any workhouse buildings I can visit? If these are the kinds of questions you've ever wanted to know the answer to, then this is the book for you.

A tale of orphan twins who grow up in a world where storytelling becomes a powerful blessing and a dangerous curse, following their extraordinary adventures across unfamiliar lands.

387 pages ; 24 cm

An omnibus collection of Charles Dickens’ most famous novels—Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, and Tale of Two Cities—offering a broad look at 19th‑century English society, poverty, orphanhood, and the French Revolution.

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When sixteen-year-old Noa is forced to abandon her child after a forbidden pregnancy with a Nazi soldier, she discovers a boxcar of Jewish infants bound for a concentration camp and steals one to escape.

Addie Baum, a Boston-born Jewish girl of the early 20th century, discovers voice, ambition, and love through the changing city streets, sharing her life story with her granddaughter.