โ Scribed by Naughton, Sarah
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Shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Children's Book Award! "A thoroughly enjoyable page-turner." We Love This Book "A fast-paced gothic horror for children ... educational as well as entertaining" Families "Chilling and addictive ... a fantastic debut" Bookbabblers "A beautifully evoked, gripping, Victorian chiller which will appeal to boys and girls." Costa Book Awards 2013, Judges comments When their parents are killed in a fire, Titus Adams and his little sister Hannah are left to fend for themselves in the cruel and squalid slums of Victorian London. Taking shelter with his friend and saviour, Inspector Pilbury, Titus should feel safe. But though the inspector has just caught and hung a notorious child-murderer, the murders haven't stopped. Now everyone is a suspect, even the inspector himself, and unless Titus can find a way to end the killings, he will lose all that is dear to him. For this evil cannot be contained, even by death.;Intro; Title page; Dedication and Copyright page; Map; Contents; 1 SHELLS; 2 THE PALACE THEATRE; 3 INSPECTOR PILBURY; 4 CHEAP THRILLS; 5 THE PRISONER; 6 THE BASEMENT; 7 THE WORKHOUSE; 8 EGGS AND HONEY; 9 YELLOW JACKETS; 10 A VISITOR; 11 TOFFEE APPLES; 12 A HEALTHY SUPPER; 13 SILKWORMS AND SPIDERS; 14 CHARLY; 15 STITCHER; 16 BOOT POLISH; 17 A BARGAIN; 18 PAYBACK; 19 HELL; 20 A NEW HOME; Acknowledgements
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Shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Children's Book Award! "A thoroughly enjoyable page-turner." We Love This Book "A fast-paced gothic horror for children... educational as well as entertaining" Families "Chilling and addictive... a fantastic debut" Bookbabblers "A beautifully evoked, gripping,
The last member of a murdered House tries to protect his ward from forced marriage to a monster while uncovering clues to his own past. The Tarot Sequence imagines a modern-day Atlantis off the coast of Massachusetts, governed by powerful Courts based on the traditional Tarot deck. Rune S
**The last member of a murdered House tries to protect his ward from forced marriage to a monster while uncovering clues to his own tortured past.** The Tarot Sequence imagines a modern-day Atlantis off the coast of Massachusetts, governed by powerful Courts based on the traditional Tarot deck.