The Diamond Of Drury Lane

Author : Julia Golding
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781429941075

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The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding Pdf

MYSTERY, TREASURE, AND A LIFE ON THE STAGE. The first episode of the adventures of Cat Royal is a big, fat juicy read. She's Cat Royal – four foot four, with long red hair, green eyes and not a penny she can call her own. But she does know a secret – where a treasure is hidden in the theater that is her home. The problem is, she isn't the only one looking for it. One adventure leads into the next, taking Cat – and readers -- through the colorful streets of late 18th Century London. The exciting mystery – filled with fascinating characters, lots of incident, theatrical spectacles, and even a bit of political intrigue – will thrill readers. The Diamond of Drury Lane is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Author : Julia Golding
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008-05-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781596433519

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The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding Pdf

Cat Royal has long red hair, green eyes, and not a penny of her own. But she does know where a treasure is hidden in the theater that is her home. The problem is, she isn't the only one looking for it, in this mystery set in 18th-century London.

Author : Julia Golding
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0761453776

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The Gorgon's Gaze by Julia Golding Pdf

Mallins Wood is home to the last surviving gorgon, and Col's mother, the gorgon's supernatural Companion, is determined to save it from encroaching development--even to the point of endangering Col and his best friend Connie, the most powerful Companion alive.

Author : Julia Golding
Publisher : Egmont Books (UK)
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 1405243058

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Cat's Cradle by Julia Golding Pdf

Here we present the sixth, brand new volume from our famous feisty heroine Cat Royal. In which Cat Royal spins a tale about the search for her family, weaving in friends and foes, old and new. Her journey takes her from riotous London to a revolutionary cotton mill on the River Clyde in Scotland. And a mysterious newcomer is introduced. So take your seats, ladies and gentlemen: the Industrial Age has arrived. Cat says: Back on home soil I have barely laid eyes on Drury Lane before my world is turned upside down and I am forced to leave once again. As an orphan I never had the chance to meet my mother, but when news of my lost family reaches me from Scotland I must head north for the border. My friends in London have always been beside me, but this is one task I must face alone!'

Author : Julia Golding
Publisher : Lion Children's Books
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780745977881

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The Curious Crime by Julia Golding Pdf

'In a strange, vast and wonderfully imagined museum, an apprentice sculptor and student scientist must solve a murder. Julia Golding has written a gripping helter-skelter story that will keep you guessing and start you thinking.' - Roger Wagner, artist and painter Is curiosity a crime? Ree discovers the unfairness of being a girl in a male-dominated scientific world, where alternative ideas are swiftly squashed. Enter a fantasy island where Phil the dodo and other unusual wild animals roam corridors, great halls and an underground network of passages of a magnificent museum and science academy. Prevented from following her creative passion as a stonemason, Ree is confined to cleaning the halls at night as a maid. But then the murders start happening... A determined scholar Henri and strong-willed Ree join forces to solve the mysteries and prove their innocence.

Author : Julia Golding
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0761455825

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Dragonfly by Julia Golding Pdf

A young adult fantasy about a teenage couple who are forced to marry to join their two kingdoms

Author : Cate Cain
Publisher : Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781848772328

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The Jade Boy by Cate Cain Pdf

What if the Great Fire of London wasn't an accident? London, 1666. Eleven-year-old Jem Green is a lonely but resourceful kitchen boy, always in trouble with the cook for pilfering from the larder. He's fascinated by the wealthy visitors he glimpses in the Dukes' household but when the powerful and frightening Count Cazalon requests to meet him, it becomes clear that his life might actually be in danger. And he is not the only child involved in the Count's sinister plan. As Jem starts meeting secretively with Ann, a young sorceress, and Tolly, a mute slave boy who can mind-speak, the three of them piece together the Count's terrible plans to devastate the City of London, and try to understand why Jem is at the heart of it all. 'Recalls Joan Aiken and Sally Gardner in its confident blend of historical fact with creepy fantasy' THE TIMES

Author : Egmont Books, Limited
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1405229217

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The Diamond of Drury Lane by Egmont Books, Limited Pdf

Author : Julia Golding
Publisher : Frost Wolf
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1910426164

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Den of Thieves by Julia Golding Pdf

I am Cat Royal - Orphan, Adventurer, Actress . . . 'My adventures have brought me here, to the streets of Paris, where I face a host of new troubles. A new mystery is unfolding before my eyes. And, if I can avoid the hangman's noose I must use all my acting talents to get to the bottom of it!' Exciting, funny and packed with adventure . . . Cat Royal never fails to stir up trouble wherever she goes. Julia Golding's award-winning adventure series is perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory, Katherine Woodfine and Robin Jarvis.

Author : Julia Golding
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : OCLC:1335728990

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Black Heart of Jamaica by Julia Golding Pdf

While performing with a traveling theatre company in the heart of the Caribbean, Cat is lured into a terrible trap, and stranded on a slave plantation. Can Cat trust a crew of unscrupulous pirates to help her on her way?

Author : Julia Golding
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1405285303

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The Diamond of Drury Lane Modern Classic by Julia Golding Pdf

Julia Golding's award-winning adventure series is perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory, Katherine Woodfine and Robin Stevens. This Modern Classics editions features special bonus material. 'I am Cat Royal - Orphan, Adventurer, Actress . . . 'Reader, you are set to embark on an adventure about one hidden treasure, two bare-knuckle boxers, three enemies and four hundred and thirty-eight rioters. I was brought up in Drury Lane, so I have become accustomed to a life less than ordinary. But this turn of events, I have to say, surprised even me. Follow me, and I will show you in The Diamond of Drury Lane.' Exciting, funny and packed with adventure . . . Cat Royal never fails to stir up trouble wherever she goes. Julia Golding's award-winning adventure series has all the ingredients of a Philippa Gregory book for children aged 9 years and up. Have you read all of Cat's extraordinary adventures? The Diamond of Drury Lane Cat Among the Pigeons Den of Thieves Cat O'Nine Tails Black Heart of Jamaica Cat's Cradle Look out for Julia's fantastic new historical titles: Mel Foster and the Demon Butler Mel Foster and the Time Machine Julia Golding is the author of the award-winning Cat Royal and Girl on the Run series. Julia Golding read English at Cambridge before completing a doctorate in Literature of the Romantic Period at Oxford. She has won the Nestle Children's Book Prize, the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize and been shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award.

Author : Julia Golding
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0761453717

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Secret of the Sirens by Julia Golding Pdf

"Originally published in the UK by Oxford University Press, 2006."

Author : Julia Golding
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781429993494

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Cat Among the Pigeons by Julia Golding Pdf

MYSTERY, DISGUISES, AND A FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. The second episode in the CAT ROYAL ADVENTURE series plunges readers into the underbelly of London in a mission for justice. Pedro's old slave master wants him back, but his friends on Drury Lane won't give him up without a fight. Disguised as a boy, Cat enters an aristocratic boarding school and scales the heights of London society before joining a street gang to probe its depths, all to secure the freedom of her friend. Like THE DIAMOND OF DRURY LANE, CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS features mysteries, theatrical spectacles, the evil Billy "Boil" Shepherd, and, of course, the irrepressible Cat, who never fails to stir up trouble and save the day wherever she goes. Coming in Spring 2009, Cat travels to Paris during the French Revolution in DEN OF THIEVES.

Author : Michaela MacColl
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781452138022

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Secrets in the Snow by Michaela MacColl Pdf

“MacColl’s fidelity to Austen’s biography and family, with a bit of creative license woven in, results in a charming historical mystery.” —School Library Journal Jane Austen’s family is eager to secure her future by marrying her off. But Jane is much more interested in writing her novels, and finds every suitor lacking—until the mysterious Mr. Lefroy arrives. Could he be the one? Before Jane can find out, she must solve a murder, clear her family’s name, and face a decision that might cost her true love. Praise for writing of Michaela MacColl “Equal parts gothic melodrama and Nancy Drew derring-do.” —Kirkus Reviews “Dynamic and engrossing.” —Booklist “The fast-moving plot makes this a well-crafted page-turner.” —School Library Journal (starred review) “MacColl takes a character that most people do not really know much about and brings her to life . . . Fun, interesting reading.” —VOYA: Voice of Youth Advocates

Author : Julia Golding
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781429962674

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Cat O'Nine Tails by Julia Golding Pdf

Cat is finally living a life of luxury--and so bored she's going out of her mind. But then she and her friends are kidnapped and forced to work on a ship bound for the New World. With a mystery to solve and survival at stake, Cat must use her wits to save herself and her friends.