"In sixteen hundred and sixty-five there was hardly anyone left alive."
Spring 1665, London
Sam was just a young boy when his master took him out of the orphanage to be his servant. When he was old enough, he was going to become his master’s apprentice, a shoemaker, able to make his own way in the world.
But that was before the plague arrived.
Abandoned by Alice, his master’s maid and the closet thing that Sam’s ever had to a mother, Sam finds himself nailed into his workshop home with only his dying master and pet dog Budge for company. The officials call it ‘quarantine’. But for Sam it's a death sentence.
Can Sam escape? And even if he does, will he be able to survive on London's ravaged streets?
This is Book 9 in the National Archives Series. See all National Archives books here.
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Ann Turnbull has always loved reading and knew from the age of ten that she wanted to be a writer. Her numerous books for young readers include Pigeon Summer, Room for a Stranger, Alice in Love and War, as well as her Quaker trilogy - No Shame, No Fear (shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Book Award and Whitbread Award) Forged in the Fire and Seeking Ede
More about Ann TurnbullFrom a very young age Beth Chambers knew she wanted to be an author. She grew up in South Wales where, when she wasn't climbing trees and building dens, she could be found scribbling on pieces of paper. Some years later Beth has had just under thirty books published for children, all written under pseudonyms. When she can manage to tear herself away from her
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