Val Wood 
Rich Girl, Poor Girl 

Winter, 1860. Rosalie has been granted a life of comfort and wealth but neither of these protects her when her mother suddenly dies. Polly has lead a life of grinding poverty; after losing her own mother, she finds herself alone on the bitterly cold streets of Hull. Then fate intervenes, bringing the two girls together when Polly takes a job as a scullery maid in Rosalie s lonely house. The girls become unlikely friends and, when forced to leave the city behind, find themselves setting out to live with Rosalie s uncle on the North Yorkshire Moors. Here they discover a life that neither of them has known before; though after finding momentary joy they soon learn once again that tragedy is never far away ____________________If you’ve liked books by Katie Flynn and Dilly Court, you’ll love Val’s heartwarming stories of triumph over adversity.