Lizzie and the Lost Baby

Written by Cheryl Blackford

A wartime evacuee finds an abandoned baby, and an unlikely friendship is put to the test.

192 pages· 27,522 words· Est. 3 hour read· ~700L

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During World War II, ten-year-old Lizzie is evacuated from bomb-blitzed Hull to a remote Yorkshire valley, where she is desperately homesick. Told from her point of view and that of Elijah, a local Romany boy, the story follows what happens when Lizzie discovers an abandoned baby. Can she find the baby's parents, and can her dangerous friendship with Elijah survive a world clouded by prejudice and fear?

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Cheryl Blackford’s debut novel is set in England during World War II and told from the dual perspectives of ten-year-old Lizzie, a homesick girl evacuated from bomb-blitzed Hull to the remote Yorkshire valley, and Elijah, a local gypsy boy. When Lizzie discovers an abandoned baby, her dangerous friendship with Elijah is put to the test. Will Lizzie be able to find the baby’s parents? And if she does, can she and Elijah remain friends in a world clouded by prejudice and fear?

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