The Ruby in the Smoke

Author: Philip Pullman
Publisher: Random House of Canada
ISBN: 9780394895895
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230

Book Description
In nineteenth-century London, sixteen-year-old Sally, a recent orphan, becomes involved in a deadly search for a mysterious ruby.

Newt's Emerald

Author: Garth Nix
Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.
ISBN: 1471407934
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195

Book Description
Inspired by the works of Georgette Heyer and Jane Austen, Garth Nix's Newt's Emerald is a light hearted Regency romance with a fantasy twist. After Lady Truthful's magical Newington Emerald is stolen from her she devises a simple plan: go to London to recover the missing jewel. She quickly learns, however, that a woman cannot wander the city streets alone without damaging her reputation, and she disguises herself as a moustache-wearing man. During Truthful's dangerous journey she discovers a crook, an unsuspecting ally, and an evil sorceress but will she find the Emerald?

The Tin Princess

Author: Philip Pullman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781407130576
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Sally and Jim meet up with Adelaide again, but now as Crown Princess of Razkavia and threatened by rivals who want to take the kingdom from the Crown Prince.

Sally Lockhart Slipcase

Author: Philip Pullman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439959230
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description

The Sally Lockhart Collection

Author: Philip Pullman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781407116419
Category : Lockhart, Sally (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Four compulsively readable Victorian thrillers, packed with vividly drawn characters and fascinating period detail, together in a slipcase. Includes: The Ruby in the Smoke, The Shadow in the North, The Tiger in the Well and The Tin Princess.

For Freedom

Author: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0385729618
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
Based on interviews with the real Suzanne David, this story of World War II heroism relates how a teenage Suzanne, training to become an opera singer, is recruited as a secret courier by an organizer in the French Resistance.

Count Karlstein

Author: Philip Pullman
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0375803483
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
Now in paperback, a spooky and funny middle-grade thriller from the author of The Golden Compass.

Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley

Author: Aaron Blabey
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1590785967
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

Book Description
A delightfully uplifting tale about self-belief, courage, and—above all—the power of friendship. Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley are the best of friends. But they are different in almost every way: Pearl loves solving mysteries and moves rather fast in the world, and Charlie likes taking leisurely baths and watching his flowers grow. So how can Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley be such good friends?

Love, Ruby Lavender

Author: Deborah Wiles
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0152023143
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229

Book Description
Ruby Lavender has fun with her grandmother Miss Eula as they rescue chickens, paint a house pink and run their own secret post office. But what can Ruby dowhen Eula goes away?

Sherlock Holmes and the Limehouse Horror

Author: Philip Pullman
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
ISBN: 9780748740628
Category : Detective and mystery plays, English
Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description
In a play that both dramatizes and makes fun of the Sherlock Holmes stories, the great detective and Dr. Watson investigate a report of the Giant Rat of Sumatra and match wits with Professor Moriarty.