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One of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books John Peerybingle, a carrier, lives with his young wife Dot, their baby boy and their nanny Tilly Slowboy. A cricket chirps on the hearth and acts as a guardian angel to the family. One day a mysterious elderly stranger comes to visit and takes up lodging at Peerybingle's house for a few days.
Is The Cricket on the Hearth appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
What to know going in
This book has moderate sexual content.