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[Page 1] Ce^nt^' [Page 2] Boston Public Library Boston, MA 02116 [Page 3] .;^» [Page 4] Author: John Malam studied ancient history and archaeology at the University of Birmingham, after which he worked as an archaeologist at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum, Shropshire. He is now an author, specializing in non-fiction books for children. He lives in Cheshire with his wife and their two young children. Artist: David Antram was bom in Brighton in 1958. He studied at Eastbourne College of Art and then worked in advertising for 15 years before becoming a full-time artist. He has illustrated many children's non-fiction books. Series creator: David Salariya was bom in Dundee, Scotland. He has illustrated a wide range of books and has created and designed many new series for publishers both in the UK and overseas. In 1989, he established The Salariya Book Company. He lives in Brighton with his wife, the illustrator Shirley Willis, and their son Jonathan. © The Salariya Book Company Ltd MMVII All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the written permission of the copyright owner. Created, designed and produced by The Salariya Book Company Ltd 25 Marlborough Place, Brighton BNl lUB ISBN-IO: 0-531-14971-4 (Lib. Bdg.) 0-531-16996-0 (Pbk.) ISBN-13: 978-0-531-14971-3 (Lib. Bdg.) 978-0-531-16996-4 (Pbk.) Published in 2007 in the United States by Franklin Watts An imprint of Scholastic Library Publishing 90 Sherman Tumpike, Danbury, CT 06816 A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress Printed and bound in Belgium. Editors: Stephanie Cole Karen Barker Smith [Page 5] y^ii \[m]in'i Vant t^ Be a l^IrCentiiry C^al Miller In Written by John Malam Englani^ Created and designed by David Salariya Illustrated by David Antram \J)s^r\^evm^ Jab Ym'i ^I^er ^^ Have Fi'aiikibiy^^tte A Division of Scholastic Inc. NEW YORK • TORONTO • LONDON • AUCKLAND • SYDNEY MEXICO CITY • NEW DELHI • HONG KONG DANBURY. CONNECTICUT [Page 6] T^'^SR^Br 4- >* ' ""'^**^-" ' ^'^ '^ Contents Ii^troiictkn 5 CMl^ Slavery! Tlie BaJ o]d Days 6 'I'Vt i^lt! It's Vhere JmJ V^ri 8 D(3wn tlie ^liaft an^ Unt!erQr©uncl! 10 iyt^ve ^aHg! T]\vm^ t|ie Tunnejs 12 Get t^ Verfi 4t tl^e Caalace 14 Tgje Cever! Btelnp Time o 1^ 7 '^ Care! Hew t^ %iy ^ive 18 Help! 4cci<iei^ D© Happen 20 Blact O^li^ preparing Cgal for ^a]e 22 Har^ Times! Tr^ul^Ie at i\^ Plt 24 'i'Iie]y(lnlngCetntnunity 2^ ^r$je Over! Back t® Vark 28 Glossary 30 Index 32 [Page 7] Intv^^ctlm t^m k t is the year 1869, and Britain is now the world's first industrial nation. In the first half of the 1700s, Britain was an agricultural country, and most people lived and worked in the countryside. Since then, things have changed. Factories were built in towns, and people moved off the land to work in them. Towns such as Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham, and Glasgow expanded and became cities,