Elfie, a homeless 11 year old girl living in Victorian London, is picked up by Constable O’Dowd after being caught thieving. Thinking that’s it for her – she’s going back to the workhouse – Elfie’s surprised to be taken to an Inn. The Pig and Whistle is run by Ma and Pa Bigsby who’ve taken in countless orphans over the years. They give them a home and an education equipping them to leave and get a job when they turn eighteen. Ma thought she had her hands full and couldn’t take in Elfie too, until she sees that Elfie has a picture of the inn. The picture was part of the pile Elfie got dumped with as a baby. Feisty Elfie doesn’t know who her parents are but she has clues to find her father which she does by the end of the book.
There are two more books following Elfie after this which are great reads too.
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