"Richly atmospheric mystery set in the dark and dangerous backstreets of Victorian Cardiff "
Nansi is fourteen and trying to survive as an orphan in Victorian Wales, Cardiff to be precise. She gets a home and protection of some sort from ‘Pernicious’ Sid, for working at his theatre, and thieving for him on the side. But all certainty in her life vanishes when she discovers that Sid is keeping secrets from her, secrets concerning her own mother.
Can Nansi unravel the mystery and find her missing mother? Dark and often scary this is an excellent piece of melodrama for younger readers, setting and characters vividly described.
Recommended for fans of Philip Pullman’s Sally Lockhart books, and you could follow up with some Dickens too.
1899. All Nansi knows is that her mother disappeared on the day she was fished out of Cardiff docks. She can't remember anything else. Now, with no other family to turn to, she works for Sid at the Empire Theatre, sometimes legally, sometimes thieving to order, trying to earn enough money to hire a detective to find her mother.
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1899. All Nansi knows is that her mother disappeared on the day she was fished out of Cardiff docks.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Gaslight and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Gaslight features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Recommendations, Historical Fiction, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Recommended Children's eBooks, Featured Books for 11+ readers
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Gaslight was written by Eloise Williams and published by Firefly Press Ltd
Gaslight has 195 pages
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