The Traitors' Gate

Best-selling author Avi has won numerous honors, including the Newbery Medal for Crispin: The Cross of Lead. In The Traitors¿ Gate, Avi spins a Dickensian tale of 19th-century London. Young John Huffam is having a disastrous time. His father has been jailed and John himself is being followed by Inspector Copperfield¿just one of the many eccentric characters in this delightfully Victorian tale.
¿[This] is the novel I¿ve always wanted to write. It was inspired by the true tale of young Charles Dickens ...¿¿Avi