A Plague of Bogles
Autor: | Catherine Jinks |
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JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Europe, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Middle East, JUVENILE FICTION / Horror, JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic, JUVENILE FICTION / Monsters, JUVENILE FICTION / Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural
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Popis: | “This is top-notch storytelling, full of wit, a colorful cast of rogues, and delectable slang.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review of How to Catch a BogleJem Barbary spent most of his early life picking pockets for a wily old crook named Sarah Pickles—until she betrayed him. Now Jem wants revenge, but first he needs a new job. Luckily Alfred the bogler, the man who kills the child-eating monsters that hide in the shadows of Victorian London, needs a new apprentice. As more and more orphans disappear under mysterious circumstances, Alfred, Jem, and Birdie find themselves waging an underground war in a city where science clashes with superstition and monsters lurk in every alley. |
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