This is a story about what life was really like for ordinary Victorian folk. Poppy's brother, George, is only nine years old, but he is still old enough to work twelve hours a day! Poppy must rescue him from the perils of the dark, dangerous Mill. Can she find him before it's too late?
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British children's and young adult author Mary Hooper was born in 1944, in Barnes, then in Surrey, nowadays in South West London. She left school at fifteen, and went to work as a window dresser, and then as a secretary. She eventually returned to school, as an adult student, earning a degree in English from Reading University. Hooper began her writing career with short stories, publishing in women's and teen magazines. Her first book, Jodie, was published in 1978. She is married, has two children, and one grandchild, and lives in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire.