TY - BOOK AU - Blackford, Cheryl TI - Lizzie and the lost baby SN - 9780544935259 U1 - Fiction BLA-C CY - Boston PB - Houghton Miffin Harcourt KW - Fiction KW - England--Yorkshire KW - Evacuation of civilians KW - Social aspects KW - England KW - Prejudices KW - Romanies KW - Great Britain KW - Abandoned children KW - World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- Juvenile fiction. KW - World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Yorkshire -- Juvenile fiction. KW - World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- Fiction KW - Children's Books KW - Young Learners N1 - Cheryl Blackford's debut novel is set in England during World War II and told from the dual perspectives of ten-year-old Lizzie, a homesick girl evacuated from bomb-blitzed Hull to the remote Yorkshire valley, and Elijah, a local gypsy boy. When Lizzie discovers an abandoned baby, her dangerous friendship with Elijah is put to the test. Will Lizzie be able to find the baby's parents? And if she does, can she and Elijah remain friends in a world clouded by prejudice and fear? AGES: 10-12 AUTHOR: Cheryl Blackford grew up in the city of Hull, in Yorkshire, England, famous for being the most-bombed English city in World War II. After emigrating to Minnesota with her husband and children, she began writing educational software. then picture books and two nonfiction books. This is her debut novel ER -