Two crafty criminals! : and how they were captured by the daring detectives of the New Cut Gang ; including Thunderbolt's waxwork & The gas-fitters' ball / Philip Pullman

Author:: Pullman, Philip, 1946-
Published:: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2012]
Edition:: 1st American ed.
Physical Description:: 281 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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Contents:

Thunderbolt's waxwork -- The gas-fitters' ball.

Summary:

Eleven-year-old Benny Kaminsky leads a rag-tag gang of neighborhood children as they use improbable disguises and crazy ruses while investigating such crimes as counterfeiting and stolen silver in 1894 London.

Subject(s):

Mystery and detective stories
Adventure and adventurers—Fiction
Gangs—Fiction
London (England)—History—19th century—Fiction
Great Britain—History—Victoria, 1837-1901—Fiction
Humorous stories
Crime—Juvenile fiction
Adventure stories
Gangs—Juvenile fiction
London (England)—History—19th century—Juvenile fiction
Great Britain—History—Victoria, 1837-1901—Juvenile fiction

ISBN:

9780375870293 (hardback)
0375870296 (hardback)
9780375970290 (lib. bdg.)
0375970290 (lib. bdg.)

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