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Once Upon a Time in the North: His Dark Materials (David Fickling Books) by Philip Pullman |
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"Her name was Sally Lockhart; and within fifteen minutes, she was going to kill a man." Philip Pullman begins his Sally Lockhart trilogy with a bang in The Ruby in the Smoke--a fast-paced, finely crafted thriller set in a rogue- and scalawag-ridden Victorian London. His 16-year-old heroine has no time for the usual trials of adolescence: her father has been murdered, and she needs to find out how and why. But everywhere she turns, she encounters new scoundrels and secrets. Why do the mere words "seven blessings" cause one man to keel over and die at their utterance? Who has possession of the rare, stolen ruby? And what does the opium trade have to do with it?
"Her name was Sally Lockhart; and within fifteen minutes, she was going to kill a man." Philip Pullman begins his Sally Lockhart trilogy with a bang in The Ruby in the Smoke--a fast-paced, finely crafted thriller set in a rogue- and scalawag-ridden Victorian London. His 16-year-old heroine has no time for the usual trials of adolescence: her father has been murdered, and she needs to find out how and why. But everywhere she turns, she encounters new scoundrels and secrets. Why do the mere words "seven blessings" cause one man to keel over and die at their utterance? Who has possession of the rare, stolen ruby? And what does the opium trade have to do with it?
As our determined and intelligent sleuth sets her mind to unraveling these dark mysteries, she learns how embroiled she is in the whole affair. As riveting and witty as the sensational "penny dreadfuls" of Victorian England (but thousands of times better written), Pullman's trilogy (including The Shadow in the North and The Tiger in the Well) will have readers on the edges of their seats. Ruby is an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. (Ages 12 and older) --Karin Snelson
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Sally Lockhart finds herself enmeshed in the perplexing clues surrounding her father's death, in this rousing Victorian thriller. Ages 12-up.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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ON A COLD, FRETFUL AFTERNOON IN EARLY OCTOBER, 1872, hansom cab drew up outside the offices of Lockhart and Selby, Shipping Agents, in the financial heart of London, and a young girl got out and paid the driver. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Miss Lockhart, Seven Blessings, Major Marchbanks, Madame Chang, Holland's Lodgings, Burton Street, Hangman's Wharf, Henry Hopkins, Van Eeden, Captain Lockhart, Matthew Bedwell, London Bridge, Turk's Head, Frederick Garland, Reverend Bedwell, Sally Lockhart, Aunt Caroline, British Museum, Peveril Square, Warwick Hotel, Ernie Blackett, Matthew Lockhart, Samuel Selby, South China Sea, Foreland House New!
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ON A COLD, FRETFUL AFTERNOON IN EARLY OCTOBER, 1872, hansom cab drew up outside the offices of Lockhart and Selby, Shipping Agents, in the financial heart of London, and a young girl got out and paid the driver. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Miss Lockhart, Seven Blessings, Major Marchbanks, Madame Chang, Holland's Lodgings, Burton Street, Hangman's Wharf, Henry Hopkins, Van Eeden, Captain Lockhart, Matthew Bedwell, London Bridge, Turk's Head, Frederick Garland, Reverend Bedwell, Sally Lockhart, Aunt Caroline, British Museum, Peveril Square, Warwick Hotel, Ernie Blackett, Matthew Lockhart, Samuel Selby, South China Sea, Foreland House New!
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- Shadow in the North (Sally Lockhart Trilogy, Book 2) by Philip Pullman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Tin Princess by Philip Pullman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Sally Lockhart (Sally Lockhart Quartet) by Philip Pullman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey on page 136
- The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2) by Philip Pullman in Back Matter
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- Philip Pullman, Master Storyteller: A Guide to the Worlds of His Dark Materials by Claire Squires on 6 pages
- Shadow in the North (Sally Lockhart Trilogy, Book 2) by Philip Pullman on 4 pages
- I Was a Rat! by Philip Pullman in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Historical Fiction for Children: Capturing the Past by Fiona Collins in Front Matter, page 17, and page 108
- The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2) by Philip Pullman in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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