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Ask me no questions

by Ann Schlee · 1976

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Laura, sent to the country from London to escape the cholera in 1848, tries to help the neglected children of Drouet's asylum she finds eating the pigs' food in her uncle's barn.

Themes
abuseabuseMore like thisLess of thispovertypovertyMore like thisLess of this
Setting
EnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
medium · 228 pages

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