THE RUNAWAY GIRLS

By Jacqueline Wilson

Synopsis

Victorian London, 1851. Lucy Locket lives with her father, the New Mother and the New Baby. They sent away her beloved Nurse and replaced her with a horrid governess. Kitty Fisher is a street performer who earns tin for her supper by tumbling. She has always lived on the street and on her wits, with only the kind Gaffer to help her. When Lucy runs away from home, Kitty shows Lucy how to survive - where to find the best picnic leftovers in the park, and which trees makes the best beds. But the streets of Victorian London are dangerous and soon the girls find themselves under threat from thieves - and even worse, the Workhouse!

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Narrator	Mandeep Dhillon
Length	7hrs
Catalogue No.	617854
Publisher	Penguin Audio; 2021

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