JOHN REYES

A children's ghostly tale the first of many adventurous escapades of a young orphanage girl called Lizzy Long Leggs born in the 1800s who realises her beginnings in life led by her curiosities finally concluded how she became an orphan, A Gothic ghost story set in 1813 London and the Cricklewood Orphanage, following Lizzy Long Leggs as she discovers her mysterious past and uncovers the truth about her mother's death, the lost gold of Cricklewood, and the supernatural forces protecting her childhood.
The narrative weaves industrial-age social commentary with a tale of maternal love transcending death