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A Boy Called Dickens
by Deborah Hopkinson

To help stave off hunger and ease the boredom of toiling away in a blacking plant, 12-year-old Charles Dickens dreams up stories, including a seedling of a tale that would become David Copperfield. Even when his family pays off its debt and returns home, the boy who loves books toils away for six shillings a day until shame prompts his father to finally send him back to school. Ages 7-10

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