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Can I read The Long Walk Home on EtoBox?
The Long Walk Home by Wood, Valerie is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Long Walk Home about?
At only thirteen, Mikey Quinn is arrested for stealing a rabbit to feed his family. Despite his age, he’s shown no mercy by the wealthy lawyer who sends him to prison. He returns home to find that his mother has died and his younger siblings taken into the workhouse. With only his determination, Mikey makes his way to London to seek a better life for his family. Whilst there, he meets Eleanor who he recognises as the daughter of the lawyer who ruined his life. Desperate, they band together forging a new life for themselves on the streets of London. Overlooking their initial differences, the two come to rely on each other and, when the time comes to return to Hull, they face the long walk home together.
Who reads The Long Walk Home?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Wood, Valerie
- Publisher
- Transworld Digital
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781409080886
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Thriller, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.77 / 5 (782 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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