acaleyn rated Mark, the match boy, or, Richard Hunter's ward: 3 stars
Horatio Alger, Jr.: Mark, the match boy, or, Richard Hunter's ward (2005, Polyglot Press)
Mark, the match boy, or, Richard Hunter's ward by Horatio Alger, Jr. (Polyglot Press Alger series)
After leaving the ill-tempered woman with whom he lives, ten-year-old matchboy Mark Manton meets a man who recognizes something of …