Born in Knotty Ash Liverpool Berlie Doherty is the youngest of three children. She has been a social worker a journalist a teacher and for the past fifteen years a writer.Berlie has twice won the prestigious Carnegie Medal for ‘Grannie was a Buffer Girl’ in 1987 and for ‘Dear Nobody’ in 1992. She lives in the Derbyshire Peak District.
<p>The unforgettable tale of an orphan in Victorian London based on the boy whose plight inspired Dr Barnardo to found his famous children’s homes.</p><p>When his mother dies Jim Jarvis is left all alone in London. He is sent to the workhouse but quickly escapes choosing a hard life on the streets of the city over the confines of the workhouse walls.</p><p>Struggling to survive Jim finally finds some friends… only to be snatched away and made to work for the remorselessly cruel Grimy Nick constantly guarded by his vicious dog Snipe.</p><p>Will Jim ever manage to be free?</p>
