Our John Willie

By Catherine Cookson

Subjects: England, fiction, Fiction, general, Fictional Works, Large type books, Children's stories, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Orphans, fiction, Orphans in fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Orphans, Brothers and sisters in fiction, Brothers and sisters

Description: When Davie and John Willie Halliday lose their father in a mine cave-in, the orphans are left to fend for themselves. Twelve-year-old Davie finds shelter for himself and John Willie, a deaf mute, on the grounds of the home of Miss Peamarsh, an eccentric recluse with a mysterious past. With the help of a drifter, Davie and John Willie free Miss Peamarsh from her painful secrets and she gives them a home.