Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
Jonathan Auxier
Set in Victorian England, this story concerns eleven-year-old Nan Sparrow, whose guardian vanished five years earlier. Nan is forced to work as a chimney sweep for a cruel master, doing dangerous work in chimneys. After a near-fatal experience, she discovers that a lump of coal left after her guardian disappeared has become a creature that saved her. The tale brings together folklore, monsters, friendship, and the reform of child labor.
This book appears on 3 reading lists across 3 editions from 3 organizations.
