The Boy with the Latch Key (Halfpenny Orphans, Book 4)Heartache and hardship in Londons East End, from the bestselling author of The Orphans of Halfpenny Street Its the 1950s and the orphans of Halfpenny Street have found a new home in the Essex countryside at Halfpenny House. Meanwhile, back among the slum clearances of Bethnal Green, St Saviours has now been partially given over to a home for disturbed girls though it still serves as a reception centre for local children who are in desperate need.