Beck Cover:Hardcover the son of a Dutch

the son of a Dutch engineer

Mommy is gone

But he'll need help

Let Them Play is an important civil rights story in American history with an even more important message about equality and tolerance

They're stuck as Witchlings—and will lose their magic

Beck Cover:Hardcover the son of a DutchFrom Carnegie Medalwinning author Mal Peet comes a sweeping coming of age adventure, both harrowing and life affirming. Born of a brief encounter between a Liverpool prostitute and an African soldier in 1907, Beck finds himself orphaned as a young boy and sent overseas to the Catholic Brothers in Canada. At age fifteen he is sent to work on a farm, from which he eventually escapes. Finally in charge of his own destiny, Beck starts westward, crossing