The Ruby in the Smoke: A Sally Lockhart Mystery
The Ruby in the Smoke: A Sally Lockhart Mystery Philip Pullman lire en ligne - Book by Pullman PhilipRang parmi les ventes Amazon: #29803 dans LivresMarque: Brand: Knopf Books for Young ReadersPublié le: 2008-09-09Sorti le: 2008-09-09Langue d'origine: AnglaisNombre d'articles: 1Dimensions: 8.10" h x .50" l x 5.21" L, .43 livres Reliure: Broché256 pagesRevue de presse"A rip-roaring adventure story filled with cutthroat villains,dastardly deeds, sleazy opium dens, filthy London slums, and a delightful heroine...Splendid descriptions, plot twists and turns,and understated humor engage readers in this tale of murder, mayhem, and mystery."--School Library Journal (starred review)From the Paperback edition.Présentation de l'éditeur“BEWARE THE SEVEN blessings . . . ” When she first utters these words, 16-year-old Sally Lockhart doesn’t know their meaning. But when an employee of her late father hears them, he dies of fear. Thus begins Sally’s terrifying journey into the seamy underworld of Victorian London, in search of clues to her father’s mysterious death.Biographie de l'auteurPHILIP PULLMAN is one of the most acclaimed writers working today. He is best known for the His Dark Materials trilogy (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass), which has been named one of the top 100 novels of all time by Newsweek and one of the all-time greatest novels by Entertainment Weekly. He has also won many distinguished prizes, including the Carnegie Medal for The Golden Compass (and the reader-voted "Carnegie of Carnegies" for the best children's book of the past seventy years); the Whitbread (now Costa) Award for The Amber Spyglass; a Booker Prize long-list nomination (The Amber Spyglass); Parents' Choice Gold Awards (The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass); and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, in honor of his body of work. In 2004, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. It has recently been announced that The Book of Dust, the much anticipated new book from Mr. Pullman, also set in the world of His Dark Materials, will be published as a major work in three parts, with the first part to arrive in October 2017. Philip Pullman is the author of many other much-lauded novels. Other volumes related to His Dark Materials: Lyra’s Oxford, Once Upon a Time in the North, and The Collectors. For younger readers: I Was a Rat!; Count Karlstein; Two Crafty Criminals; Spring-Heeled Jack, and The Scarecrow and His Servant. For older readers: the Sally Lockhart quartet: The Ruby in the Smoke, The Shadow in the North, The Tiger in the Well, and The Tin Princess; The White Mercedes; and The Broken Bridge. Philip Pullman lives in Oxford, England. To learn more, please visit philip-pullman.com and hisdarkmaterials.com. Or follow him on Twitter at @PhilipPullman.
Details of The Ruby in the Smoke: A Sally Lockhart Mystery
| Le Titre Du Livre | The Ruby in the Smoke: A Sally Lockhart Mystery |
| Auteur | Philip Pullman |
| Vendu par | Ember |
| EAN | 9780375845161 |
| Nombre de pages | 256 pages |
| Editeur | Ember |
| Nom de fichier | the-ruby-in-the-smoke-a-sally-lockhart-mystery.pdf |
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