This book is about a 15 year old girl named Penelope. She had just graduated from the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, and had come to a house called Ashton Place for a job interview. She was going to […]
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The Wadjet Eye
The Wadjet Eye by Jill Rubalcaba is about a boy named Damon living in the time of Cleopatra. His father is in Caesar’s army, and Damon hasn’t seen him for years. Damon’s mother is very sick, and eventually dies. No, […]
Continue reading »A Pickpocket’s Tale
Molly is a pickpocket who lives in the streets of London in the year of 1730. Her life is fine until someone-meaning Hesper Crudge, her arch enemy – tells on her to the authorities and gets her stuck on a […]
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