Aaron grows up in the 18th-century Corum Foundling Hospital, having been saved from death by a boy called Meshak, who believes Aaron's mother to be an angel. Meshak, Aaron and Toby, the child of an African slave, all have a narrow escape as Meshak's evil father sets sail to sell them into slavery.
Winner of Whitbread Children's Book of the Year 2000 Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: Children's Book Category 2000 Short-listed for Carnegie Medal 2001 Short-listed for Blue Peter Book Award 2001
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The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.