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The Ruby in the Smoke: A Sally Lockhart Mystery
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The Ruby in the Smoke: A Sally Lockhart Mystery Mass market paperbound - 2000

by Pullman, Philip

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  • Title The Ruby in the Smoke: A Sally Lockhart Mystery
  • Author Pullman, Philip
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition UsedGood
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Laurel Leaf Library, New York
  • Date 2000
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 31UI5600BKTC_ns
  • ISBN 9780394895895 / 0394895894
  • Weight 0.28 lbs (0.13 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.96 x 4.38 x 0.68 in (17.68 x 11.13 x 1.73 cm)
  • Ages 10 to 13 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 8
  • Reading level 750
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery and detective stories, London (England) - Fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97814399
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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From the publisher

Philip Pullman was born in Norwich, England and was brought up in Rhodesia, Australia, London and Wales. Philip graduated from Oxford University in 1973 with a degree in English, and has taught middle school at Westminter College. He is the author of many highly-acclaimed books for young readers, from contemporary fiction to Victorian thrillers, and has written plays and picture books for readers of all ages. Philip's current book, The Golden Compass , has been hailed as "a rich combination of high fantasy, high drama, and intense emotion" by author Lloyd Alexander, and "extraordinary storytelling at it's very best" by the Detroit Free-Press .

Philip currently lives in Oxford with his wife, Judith, and children.

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ON A COLD, FRETFUL AFTERNOON IN EARLY OCTOBER, 1872, hansom cab drew up outside the offices of Lockhart and Selby, Shipping Agents, in the financial heart of London, and a young girl got out and paid the driver.

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"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)

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