The Black brothers
a novel in pictures
by Lisa Tetzner
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In the middle of the 19th century, poor farmers from Ticino sold their children across the Swiss-Italian border to work as "living broomsticks" in the chimneys of Milan. Thirteen-year-old Giorgio's father had no choice but to sell his son; now Giorgio survives with the help of his friend Alfredo and their secret society, the Black Brothers.
Teenage boysJuvenile fictionChimney sweepsFriendshipHistoryChildren's fictionHomeless persons, fictionItaly, history, fictionSwitzerland, fiction