Great Phoenix of London

An exciting new middle-grade historical adventure fromthe bestselling author of Darwin's Dragons.London, 1666When fire breaks out, eleven-year-old Gil is separated from hisfamily in the chaos. One of his few remaining possessions is amysterious ball of rock that fell from the sky.As he races to beat the inferno spreading across the city, neitherhe, nor his new friend Jennet, has any idea that the stone inhis satchel is an unhatched bird of myth and fire. And that thereare some who will stop at nothing to get their hands on a legendaryphoenix . . . The fourth middle-grade historical adventure by hugelysuccessful and critically acclaimed Lindsay Galvin.A unique spin on the infamous tragedy with Galvin’soriginal mix of mythology, history and science.The Great Fire of London is a favourite National Curriculumteaching topic.A touching animal friendship at the heart of the story.  PRAISE FOR LINDSAY GALVIN:‘Galvin is a thrilling storyteller’ TELEGRAPH‘Breathtakingly daring and imaginative’ BOOKTRUST