| Title | : | THE JUDGE OF ORPHANS |
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| ISBN | : | 0595454127 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780595454129 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 232 |
| Publication | : | First published June 22, 2007 |
Throughout the ages, small children have scratched out a living working at difficult and dangerous jobs. When she makes a speech acknowledging her promotion to the position of Judge of Orphans, lawyer Mary Rose Cabrini captures the attention of a mysterious child named Joseph Di Buonna who begs her for help in pursuing the truth about his family. The boy's tale stretches beyond his own generation back to gas-lit New York City and an era in which every child of the street had to fend for himself against starvation, filth, nosey do-gooders, other street children, cops, truant officers Mary Rose discovers that, conquering all, Joseph's ancestors did manage to pass down the secret legacy of his family. Has the hour finally come for Joseph to claim what is rightfully his? Or is Mary Rose being tricked by a clever child capable of leading her into a trap of deceit, disgrace and ultimately-death?
THE JUDGE OF ORPHANS Reviews
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104. The Judge of Orphans by Rosemary Aubert. A little bit of an enforced happy ending, but wonderful historical detail as she switches centuries to show the background. The protagonist, Mary Rose Cabrini, has just been appointed as the Judge of Orphans for Toronto, but she is asked to take on one more child welfare case, where two sets of grandparents are fighting for custody of an eleven year old musical prodigy, Joseph di Buonna. A huge piece of land is about to be developed, but Joseph tells her his family owns it and gives her a piece of paper in an obsolete Italian dialect that has to be translated. Mary Rose’s quest to do this leads her into danger and threat of losing her job. Enjoyable, but not as good as the Ellis Portal series.
