{"product_id":"coram-boy-9780008772840","title":"Coram Boy","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Jamila Gavin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eReading age: from c 11 years\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 11 September 2025 by HarperCollins Publishers (Farshore) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the HarperCollins Children’s Classics' series.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 368 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 27 | 246g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Whitbread 2000 Book of the Year is a haunting and captivating work of historical fiction for children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Coram man takes babies and money from desperate mothers, promising to deliver them safely to a Foundling Hospital in London. Instead, he murders them and buries them by the roadside, to the helpless horror of his mentally ill son, Mish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Mish saves one, Aaron, who grows up happily unaware of his history, proving himself a promising musician. As Aaron's new life takes him closer to his real family, the watchful Mish makes a terrible mistake, delivering Aaron and his best friend Toby back into the hands of the Coram man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It tells the story of a dark time in English history. Fans of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Goodnight Mr Tom will love this. A great read for children aged 10+.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Look out for Jamilla's other titles:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Eye of the Horse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Robber Baron's Daughter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Track of the Wind\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Wheel of Surya\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Coram Boy won the 2000 Whitbread Children's Book of the Year, was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and has been adapted into a highly acclaimed stage play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Jamila Gavin was born in Mussoorie, India, in the foothills of the Himalayas. With an Indian father and an English mother, she inherited two rich cultures which ran side by side throughout her life, and which always made her feel she belonged to both countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The family finally settled in England where Jamila completed her schooling, was a music student, worked for the BBC and became a mother of two children. It was then that she began writing children’s books, and felt a need to reflect the multi-cultural world in which she and her children now lived.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jamila Gavin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56210922799482,"sku":"9780008772840","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780008772840.jpg?v=1763656059","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/coram-boy-9780008772840","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}