Sam in the Crimea / Sam and The Glass Palace (pack of 2) - VPK

Sam in the Crimea Join Sam Clarke and Carrots the donkey as they stow away on board a ship bound for the Crimea - and Sam's father, Colonel Hopwood. Follow them through the streets of Constantinople and the docks of Balaclava, where Sam and his new gypsy friends take on cut-throats and bandits. Lie low in the 'Valley of Death' as they witness the Charge of the Light Brigade, and pray with Sam that his injured father will somehow pull through. As Sam helps tend the wounded - with Florence Nightingale at the hospital in Scutari, and right on the battlefields with Mary Seacole - do you sense him being called to a future in medicine? Sequel to Sam and the Glass Palace. Sam and The Glass Palace Sam Clarke is an orphan forced to run the streets, but deep inside lurks burning ambition. He wants an education but, above all, he needs a new mum and dad to take care of him. After coming into contact with Lord Shaftesbury and the Ragged School Union the first part of his dream starts to come true. Soon he is spending mornings polishing shoes at London's Crystal Palace while attending school in the afternoons. But will the dream turn to a nightmare when Sam's wicked uncle, Pineapple Jack, suddenly appears, or will the young shoeblack win through with the help of his friends?