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Gwen
by Carolyn Pogue
Ages: 9+
Published: 2009
Publisher: Sumach Press
ISBN: 978-1-894549-80-6
Keywords: Orphans
Gwen, orphaned in London at a young age, is sent to Canada to earn her living as a maid. Based on the life of the author's grandmother at the end of the 19th century.