Cottonopolis

Life isn't easy for 12 year old mill girl, Nellie Doyle. Growing up in poverty with younger siblings to feed in Little Ireland, Manchester in the 1840s, things only get tougher when her father loses his job and Nellie's income becomes more vital than ever.A little magic appears in Nellie's life however, in the form of Chloe Valentine, a young Black girl from a nearby workhouse for whom she develops feelings, and a mysterious man from a circus who gifts Nellie with slips of paper he claims grant