This is a short story appropriate for middle school children
and up.
The Meyters are siblings in an orphanage run by the horrid
Mrs Brown. Orphanage might be too kind a word seeing as the children are
actually sold off to the highest bidder. When the children are about to be
"adopted", but separately, they decide to run away and find a parent
that will love and take care of them. So begins their adventure.
I downloaded this book for free after I read some rave
reviews about it but didn't realise it was aimed at such a young audience. It
is extremely short and can be read very quickly. The plot is very sweet and
suitable for about a 10 year old - don't expect anything new to crop up as this
kind of story has been done many times before. The characters are not fleshed
out very much as there is no time to do this, but I found Marc's character very
irritating and precocious as he doesn't listen or do as he is told. A very
light read with a moral to the tale.
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