Fictionalized account of a young orphan named Jim Jarvis, who escapes the workhouse in London in the 1860s and survives brutal treatment and desperate circumstances until he is taken by Dr. Barnardo, founder of a school for the city's unwanted children.
Genre: Children's Fiction
Genre: Children's Fiction
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