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Black Hearts in Battersea Paperback - 1999
by Aiken, Joan; Gorey, Edward
- Used
- Paperback
Simon, the foundling from The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, arrives in London to meet an old friend and pursue the study of painting. Instead he finds himself unwittingly in the middle of a wicked crew's fiendish caper to overthrow the good King James and the Duke and Duchess of Battersea. With the help of his friend Sophie and the resourceful waif Dido, Simon narrowly escapes a series of madcap close calls and dangerous run-ins. In a time and place where villains do nothing halfway, Simon is faced with wild wolves, poisoned pies, kidnapping, and a wrecked ship. This is a cleverly contrived tale of intrigue and misadventure.
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Details
- Title Black Hearts in Battersea
- Author Aiken, Joan; Gorey, Edward
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Later Edition
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin Co , Boston
- Date 1999-10-25
- Bookseller's Inventory # 780252
- ISBN 9780395971284 / 0395971284
- Weight 0.53 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5.11 x 0.63 in (19.56 x 12.98 x 1.60 cm)
- Ages 10 to 12 years
- Grade levels 5 - 7
- Reading level 900
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Themes
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects Adventure and adventurers, London (England)
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
Simon, the foundling from The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, arrives in London to meet an old friend and pursue the study of painting. Instead he finds himself unwittingly in the middle of a wicked crew's fiendish caper to overthrow the good King James and the Duke and Duchess of Battersea. With the help of his friend Sophie and the resourceful waif Dido, Simon narrowly escapes a series of madcap close calls and dangerous run-ins. In a time and place where villains do nothing halfway, Simon is faced with wild wolves, poisoned pies, kidnapping, and a wrecked ship. This is a cleverly contrived tale of intrigue and misadventure.
First line
On a fine warm evening in late summer, over a hundred years ago, a boy might have been seen leading a donkey across Southwark Bridge in the city of London.
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Citations
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/1999, Page 73
- Publishers Weekly, 11/15/1999, Page 68