Wild Boy [electronic resource]
Jones, Rob Lloyd2013
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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 – ONE PENNY A KICK! Wild Boy has been covered in hair since birth; he's the missing link, a monster, a sideshow spectacle. Condemned to life in a travelling freakshow, excluded from society and abused by his master, he takes refuge in watching people come and go at the fair – and develops a Sherlock Holmes style talent for observation and detection. But when there's a murder, suspicion turns on Wild Boy, and he and the feisty redhaired acrobat Clarissa Everett find themselves on the run from a London-wide manhunt. Together, the detective and the acrobat must solve clues to identify the real killer, confronting the sinister underside of scientific advancement and the darkness of Wild Boy's own nature.
Main title:
Wild Boy [electronic resource] / Rob Lloyd Jones
Author:
Jones, Rob Lloyd, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Walker Books, 2013
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
Reading grade level: 3
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Rob was born in San Francisco but grew up in England. After studying Ancient History at university, he worked for a bit in advertising and then started writing for a children's publishing company. He's written over 30 non-fiction books, mostly about history, and Wild Boy is his first novel. He lives in Sussex with his wife and young son.
ISBN:
9781406347760
Language:
English
BRN:
2765260
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