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?

Sally Lockhart Slipcase

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

Book Description

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.

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.

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

Author: Joan Aiken
Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0553522205
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 187

Book Description
Wicked wolves and a grim governess threaten Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia when Bonnie's parents leave Willoughby Chase for a sea voyage. Left in the care of the cruel Miss Slighcarp, the girls can hardly believe what is happening to their once happy home. The servants are dismissed, the furniture is sold, and Bonnie and Sylvia are sent to a prison-like orphan school. It seems as if the endless hours of drudgery will never cease. With the help of Simon the gooseboy and his flock, they escape. But how will they ever get Willoughby Chase free from the clutches of the evil Miss Slighcarp?

Wild Pork and Watercress

Author: Barry Crump
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1743487142
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165

Book Description
This rattling good yarn has now been made into a major movie: Hunt For the Wilderpeople, directed and written by Taika Waititi, and starring Sam Neill and Julian Dennison. When Social Welfare threatens to put Ricky into care, the overweight Maori boy and cantankerous Uncle Hec flee into the remote and rugged Ureweras. The impassable bush serves up perilous adventures, forcing the pair of misfits to use all their skills to survive hunger, wild pigs and the vagaries of the weather. Worse still are the authorities, determined to bring Ricky and Uncle Hec to justice. But despite the difficulties of life on the run, a bond of trust and love blossoms between the world-weary man and his withdrawn side-kick.

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.

A Man Lay Dead

Author: Ngaio 1895-1982 Marsh
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
ISBN: 9781014219480
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
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