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Matthew and the Chimney Sweeps: Book One (Completed, Editing)

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matthewchimneysweeps

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Matthew, an orphaned safe-cracking wiz of a boy, is being held prisoner in an old folk's home where he is forced to counterfeit money.  However, on a stormy night, Matthew is rescued by a crime-fighting troupe of child chimney sweeps and is swept away to the big city of Spring Heights to live on a half-sunken boat.

In the city, Matthew is introduced to other orphaned children who live on the streets, cleans chimneys with his new family, flees for his life across rooftops, rescues other children and tries to find out the whereabouts of a mean woman connected to his incarceration at the old folk's home.  He also races carts down a hill, a popular pastime of the street children of Spring Heights, where not dying or getting injured is a good outcome.

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