Interest Age Teen Reading Age 8+ An intensely powerful novel set in London during the height of the Plague in the 1600s. Mary Hooper cleverly weaves the reader into the sights, sounds and tastes of the time so that you feel you're there experiencing it all first hand.
Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+
Abby is delighted to be appointed to the position of nursemaid in the well-to-do Beauchurch household. But it's the summer of 1665, and soon whispers are spreading through London that the Plague is returning. Can Abby keep herself and her small charge Grace safe, or will the disaster engulf them?
A companion piece to Mary Hooper's bestselling 'At the Sign of the Sugared Plum'.
Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+
ISBN: 9781781124017
Publication date: 13/08/2014
Publisher: Barrington Stoke Ltd
Format: Paperback
| ISBN: | 9781781124017 |
| Publication date: | 13th August 2014 |
| Author: | Mary Hooper |
| Publisher: | Barrington Stoke Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 96 pages |
| Suitable for: | 13+ readers, YA readers |
| Genres: | Historical Fiction |
| Recommendations: | Super-readable Dyslexia-friendly |
Says of herself: I was born in Barnes, South West London, which became expensive and trendy as soon as I left it. I often – nostalgically and rather lazily – use Barnes as a setting for my books. If I speak of a river then I’m thinking of the Thames, and if it’s a park or common then I picture Barnes Common. I was able to utilise all these local points and bring in Mortlake and Richmond, too, when I was writing two books about Queen Elizabeth I’s magician, Dr Dee, who lived in ...
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