The Book Report, May 1st, 2002
Gavin, Jamila Coram Boy * 2001. 336pp. $19 hc. Farrar Straus Giroux. 0-374-31544-2. Grade 7 & Up
Winner of the Whitbread Award in England, this engrossing historical novel deals with a little-known but fascinating and lurid part of 18th century English history. Otis Gardiner, known as the "Coram man," is a charismatic man who makes his living taking unwanted children off the hands of the rich and poor alike. The children meet a horrible end, either being sold into slavery or killed outright. Meshak, Gardiner's 14-year-old simpleminded son, is haunted by the murdered babies he has helped bur...
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