Elfie, a homeless 11 year old girl living in Victorian London, is picked up by Constable O’Dowd after being caught thieving. Thinking that’s it for her – she’s going back to the workhouse – Elfie’s surprised to be taken to an Inn. The Pig and Whistle is run by Ma and Pa Bigsby who’ve takenContinue reading “The Eleventh Orphan by Joan Lingard”
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Murder Most Unladylike: Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens
Hazel Wong left something in the gym. Going back to retrieve it she finds something more gruesome: the corpse of Miss Bell the science mistress. She rushes for help only to come back and find the body gone. All but one other girl at Deepdean School for Girls believe the lie that Miss Bell resigned.Continue reading “Murder Most Unladylike: Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens”
Ruby Redfort – Look Into My Eyes by Lauren Child
Ruby Redfort is a teenage girl who has trained herself to be very observant. She can make and crack codes even college professors can’t break. One day she gets invited (after following a trail of clues most of us wouldn’t even have realised existed) to work for Spectrum, a top secret spy organisation. It’s soContinue reading “Ruby Redfort – Look Into My Eyes by Lauren Child”
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