Nicholas Dane
by Melvin Burgess
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When his single mother dies of a heroin overdose, fourteen-year-old Nick is sent into England's institutional care system, where he endures harsh punishment, sexual abuse, and witnesses horrors on a daily basis before emerging, emotionally scarred but still alive. Loosely based on "Oliver Twist."
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Coming of age, Child sexual abuse, Child abuse, Orphans, Bildungsromans, Fiction, Emotional problems of teenagers, Sexual abuse, Juvenile fiction, History, London (england), fiction, Fiction, general, Sex crimes, Emotional problems, Children's fiction, Orphans, fiction, Child abuse, fiction, Sex crimes, fiction, Great britain, history, fictionPlaces
Great Britain, England, Emotional problemsTimes
Elizabeth II, 1952-Showing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
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When Nick's mother dies unexpectedly, the 14 year old is sent straight into a boy's home. There he learns that violence and intimidation keep order. The deputy head Mr Creal grooms Nick with sweets and solace until he can take no more and escapes into a life of crime with a modern Fagin and cheeful boy named Rasta.
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