Deborah Hopkinson
The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel
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The suspenseful tale of two courageous kids and one inquisitive scientist who teamed up to stop an epidemic.A delightful combination of race-against-the-clock medical mystery and outwit-the-bad-guys adventure. -Publishers Weekly, Starred Eel has troubles of his own: As an orphan and a mudlark, he spends his days in the filthy River Thames, searching for bits of things to sell. He's being hunted by Fisheye Bill Tyler, and a nastier man never walked the streets of London. And he's got a secret that costs him four precious shillings a week to keep safe. But even for Eel, things aren't so bad until that fateful August day in 1854-the day the de…
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The suspenseful tale of two courageous kids and one inquisitive scientist who teamed up to stop an epidemic.A delightful combination of race-against-the-clock medical mystery and outwit-the-bad-guys adventure. -Publishers Weekly, Starred Eel has troubles of his own: As an orphan and a mudlark, he spends his days in the filthy River Thames, searching for bits of things to sell. He's being hunted by Fisheye Bill Tyler, and a nastier man never walked the streets of London. And he's got a secret that costs him four precious shillings a week to keep safe. But even for Eel, things aren't so bad until that fateful August day in 1854-the day the deadly cholera epidemic (blue death) comes to Broad Street. Everyone believes that cholera is spread through poisonous air. But one man, Dr. John Snow, has a different theory. As the epidemic surges, it's up to Eel and his best friend, Florrie, to gather evidence to prove Dr. Snow's theory-before the entire neighborhood is wiped out. Hopkinson illuminates a pivotal chapter in the history of public health. . . . Accessible . . . and entertaining. -School Library Journal, Starred For [readers] who love suspense, drama, and mystery. -TIME for Kids
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-375-84308-2
- EAN: 9780375843082
- Produktnummer: 16399515
- Verlag: Yearling
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Masse: H19.4 cm x B13.4 cm x D2.3 cm 185 g
- Gewicht: 185
- Sonstiges: Ab 10 J.
Über den Autor
DEBORAH HOPKINSON has written more than 40 books for young readers. Her picture books include Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building, an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book; Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek, an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book and a Junior Library Guild Selection; A Boy Called Dickens; and the ALA Notable Book Apples to Oregon. She is also the author of the middle-grade novel Into the Firestorm: A Novel of San Francisco, 1906. Visit her at DeborahHopkinson.com.
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