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A BOY CALLED DICKENS

Boy Called Dickens
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Hopkinson
Author's First Name: 
Deborah
Illustrator's First Name: 
John
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Hendrix
Publisher: 
Schwartz & Wade
Publication Date: 
2012

This fictionalized look at Dickens’ year working in Warren’s blacking factory offers understanding about the writer’s unhappy childhood. Imagined characters from his future work swirl in dreamy flows of muted greens and blues through Hendrix’s complex graphite, pen-and-ink, and acrylic illustrations.