In in the English seaside town of Melcombe Regis, twelve-year-old Oliver Cromwell Pitts awakens to a fierce storm, a flooded house, and a ship washed ashore. His world is about to be changed forever. When Oliver takes twenty- three shillings from the ship, he . · Oliver is left destitute when his father disappears to London and although his father leaves a note it gets wet and the message is unclear. Oliver thinks he can avoid catching the eye of the townsmen who wrangle orphans to the poorhouse and have them do slave labor, but he is eventually caught. As Oliver finagles his way to London to try and find his father or his sister, he is caught up in Estimated Reading Time: 1 min. Avi presents the story of Oliver Cromwell Pitts in the style of an 18th Century memoir. The story is sober look into the violent racist period of the time so reader be prepared for some disturbing events in a young boy’s life. Thank you Algonquin Young Readers and Netgally for the opportunity to /5(16).
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THE UNEXPECTED LIFE OF OLIVER CROMWELL PITTS by Avi is a wonderful book--as one has come to expect from the author. The year is and Oliver Cromwell Pitts, a twelve-year-old boy who looks far younger than his years, wakes up to find his home flooded and his father gone. Avi presents the story of Oliver Cromwell Pitts in the style of an 18th Century memoir. The story is sober look into the violent racist period of the time so reader be prepared for some disturbing events in a young boy’s life. Thank you Algonquin Young Readers and Netgally for the opportunity to read the ARC of this fine work. In in the English seaside town of Melcombe Regis, twelve-year-old Oliver Cromwell Pitts awakens to a fierce storm, a flooded house, and a ship washed ashore. His world is about to be changed forever. When Oliver takes twenty- three shillings from the ship, he knows he has committed a crime that could get him hanged.
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