Title: The Silver Spoon of Solomon Snow
Author: Kaye Umansky
Where you can find it in the library: J UMA and AUDIO CD J F UMA
Ms. Erin says:
In a ramshackle home live Ma and Pa Scubbins and their boy Solomon Snow. Ma works hard all day, Pa drinks the family’s money away, and poor Solly picks up the slack. When a girl named Prudence tells Solly a story about a foundling boy who was left on a doorstep as a baby, Solly wonders if the story is about him. When Ma and Pa admit it is, Solly leaves them in an attempt to find his real family and the silver spoon that was left in his mouth the night he appeared on the Scubbins’ doorstep – the silver spoon that Pa recently pawned for tavern money. Prudence joins him in his adventure, and along the way the two acquire two unsolicited companions: a very young circus performer and an orphan boy. This story, filled with some real laugh-out-loud moments, is capped off with a twisting, surprise ending. If you like this one, continue the adventure with Solomon Snow and the Stolen Jewel.
I listened to the audio book version of this title and highly recommend it!
