Monday, October 8, 2018

Sweep














I loved this one so much. Nan is a chimney sweep.  She remembers life with her father, the Sweep, but he disappeared one day and she was forced to work for one of the Masters.  Life is miserable - sooty, dangerous, with no hope.  All her father left her was a bit of char that always seems to warm her.  One day she is working a particularly dangerous job and gets stuck.  The solution - burn her out - but somehow she survived and decided to hide.  What she soon discovers is that her char, her gift from her father, is actually a golem made from soot.  Charlie, the char, grows and becomes her friend, her protector.  But as with all golems 0 Nan learns, once he has fulfilled his job he will leave.  Can Nan help her fellow sweeps and keep Charlie?

Loved the friendship, the social message, and the adventure. 

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