Stunningly original, fabulously inventive and packed with humour and wit - now with a eye-catching new cover look! A breathtaking adventure story, set in reimagined eighteenth-century England. As the realm struggles to maintain an uneasy peace after years of cival war and tyranny, a twelve-year-old
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โ Scribed by Hardinge, Frances
- Book ID
- 109037628
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 390 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780330477161
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โฆ Synopsis
A breathtaking adventure story, set in reimagined eighteenth-century England. As the realm struggles to maintain an uneasy peace after years of cival war and tyranny, a twelve-year-old orphan and her loyal companion, a grumpy goose, are about to become the unlikely heroes of a radical revolution. Mosca Mye is on the run, heading for the city of Mandelion. There she finds herself living by her wits among cut-throat highwaymen, spies and smugglers. With peril at every turn, Mosca uncovers a dark plot to terrorize the people of Mandelion, and soon merry mayhem leads to murder . . .
With an unforgettable cast of characters and an inspiring message at its heart โ sometimes the power of words can change the world!
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_Everybody knew that books were dangerous. Read the wrong book, it was said, and the words crawled around your brain on black legs and drove you mad, wicked mad._ Mosca Mye was born at a time sacred to Goodman Palpitattle, He Who Keeps Flies out of Jams and Butterchurns, which is why her father ins