Shadow of the gallows
Deary, Terry2008
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When Bairn is rescued from his dangerous job as an Edinburgh chimney sweep, he appears to have landed on his feet. His new job proves just as dangerous and he soon becomes caught up in a plot to kill Queen Victoria. Has he been saved from slavery only to end up swinging at the gallows?
Main title:
Shadow of the gallows / Terry Deary ; illustrated by Martin Brown.
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Imprint:
London : Scholastic, 2008.
Collation:
149 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Series title:
Horrible histories. Gory storiesHorrible histories ; Gory stories
Audience:
pyu
ISBN:
9781407103662 (pbk)1407103660 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.9'14J941.8941.081
Local class:
FIC.JFJFJB
Language:
English
Subject:
Chimney sweeps -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- Juvenile fictionChild labor -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- Juvenile fictionQueens -- Crimes against -- England -- Juvenile fictionAccelerated readerAccelerated reader -- AR4.5Accelerated reader -- AR4Fiction: historicalGreat Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Juvenile fictionHistorical fictionChildren's storiesChildren's stories
Index terms:
HistoryLanguage ArtsAdventureQueen VictoriaScotlandEdinburghVictoriansAR 4.5
BRN:
289241
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