Plague: A Cross on the Door

by Ann Turnbull

""In sixteen hundred and sixty-five there was hardly anyone left alive.""Spring 1665, LondonSam was just a young boy when his master took him out of the orphanage to be his servant. When he was old enough, he was going to become his master's apprentice, a shoemaker, able to make his own way in the world.But that was before the plague arrived.Abandoned by Alice, his master's maid and the closet thing that Sam's ever had to a mother, Sam finds himself nailed into his workshop home with only his dying master and pet dog Budge for company. The officials call it 'quarantine'. But for Sam it's a death sentence.Can Sam escape? And even if he does, will he be able to survive on London's ravaged streets?

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction

64 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 25, 2013

About the author

Ann Turnbull is an English author of numerous books for young readers, including No Shame, No Fear and Forged in the Fire. She was born in Hertford, was brought up in southeast London, and now lives in Shropshire, England.

Reviews

[Skyler Pritchard · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's one of my favourites so far, and I hope I can read the next one even though it's the first one I have read in this series 📚 😊 ❤️

Happy reading 📚 😊 ☺️ 😀 😄

[Wasif · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sam like playing football. And serving his master, his master is worried about the plague. He has read it in the news. It has kill so many people that their is no space in the church for the death bodies. Sam knew about it too. But it is not near their house though SAM. But one day his master starting to feel very sick. So Sam ran to call the doctor when doctor cam near the sick master he said it is the plague and soon he will die. Sam sat with his dog near the death body of his master. And waited for the van to come and take master away.

[Maria · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story is about a litter boy.Sam was an orphan his master adopt him. After his master dies he left alone, a prisoner in an empty building with a cross on the door to mark it as a plague house. This story is sad.

[Heidi · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quick read with my oldest.
Always fun to add a fictional version of the Plague to all our non-fiction study.
Even me middle man enjoyed the story.
Now on to the next book...

[Una (EX) precaria tra i libri · Rating 2 out of 5]

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[Alyce Hunt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Zophia gave this 5 stars and said that her favourite bit was Budge! A nice introduction to the concept of the plague for young people.

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great juvenile book, easy to follow, simple an to the point with a few illustrations. Historically based and well delivered, it is a great first book in a series.

[Oliver · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good but scary!!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?(?!?!?44444555551111122222333336666677777888889999910000000010101010 awesome

Its about London. And peaple dieing in1665.

I read it in half an hour