Wild Boy

A pacy mystery adventure story set in the smoggy underworld of Victorian London, perfect for fans of detective fiction aged 9, 10, 11, 12

AvRob Lloyd Jones

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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The Greatest Showman meets Sherlock Holmes, a fiendishly pacy mystery-adventure story for 9+ readers, set in the seamy, smoggy underworld of Victorian London.BEHOLD THE SAVAGE SPECTACLE OF THE WILD BOY! London, 1841. A boy covered in hair, raised as a monster, condemned to life in a travelling freak show. A boy with an extraordinary power of observation and detection. A boy accused of murder; on the run; hungry for the truth. Behold the savage spectacle of Wild Boy. Ladies and Gentlemen, take your seats. The show is about to begin!

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Utgivningsdatum:2014-01-02
Mått:128 x 196 x 22 mm
Vikt:210 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Walker Books Ltd
ISBN:9781406354096
Utmärkelser:Winner of Brilliant Book Award 2015 (UK)

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Rob Lloyd Jones never wanted to be a writer when he grew up. He wanted to be Indiana Jones. So he studied Egyptology and archaeology, and went on expeditions to strange places. But all he found were interesting stories. So he decided to write them down. Wild Boy is his first novel, although he's written around thirty other books for children, including historical non-fiction and adaptations of classics such as Jekyll and Hyde. He lives in London (SW2) with his wife and one-year-old son, who has big eyes like Wild Boy, but is not as hairy…