The long walk home

Valerie Wood

Original title: The Long Walk Home

earliest edition we have, 1998 Magna Large Print Books, 2010 414 pages

Young Mikey Quinn, scavenging on the streets of Hull, is thrown into prison for stealing a rabbit from the butchers. His chief accuser, a well-to-do lawyer, has a daughter, Eleanor, whom he badly mistreats. When Mikey is released, he finds that his mother has died and his brothers taken into the workhouse - determined to find a better life for his family, he takes the long walk all the way to London to seek his fortu...

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The long walk home edition · 2010 · Magna Large Print Books · 414 pages · 9780750531986
The Long Walk Home edition · 2008 · Bantam Press · 400 pages · 9780593060216
Long Walk Home edition · 1998 · Penguin Random House · 9781409080893

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