Volume 1 follows Mary Ann, a young girl living in poverty in a dockland tenement on Tyneside, from the ages of eight to thirteen. She is determined to bring about a better way of life for her family and, to the amazement of the gentle parish priest, Father Owen, and the rage and consternation of her arch-enemy, Sarah Flanagan, Mary Ann's tenacity eventually pays off.
- ISBN10 0552148008
- ISBN13 9780552148009
- Publish Date 1 September 2000
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Imprint Corgi Books
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 944
- Language English