by Jason Lee
First published 2020
Tom Canty calls the cramped quarters near London Bridge home. The ancient city stretches around him with its hundred thousand souls, maybe twice that number according to some counts. Narrow passages wind between timber houses that lean into each other, each floor jutting further than the one below. Wood beams painted in bright reds, blues, and blacks create a patchwork across the neighborhood where Tom lives. Small diamond windows swing open like doors in the plaster walls. The streets stay dirty in this corner of the fifteen century old metropolis. Tom's world sits in the shadow of wealth and power, where a chance encounter will blur the lines between beggar and royalty. Two boys who share a face but not a fortune discover what happens when their worlds collide.
Genres: historical-fiction, adventure, young-adult, 19th-century
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: London, London Bridge
Period: 15th Century
191 pages · Paperback · Independently published