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What starts as an ordinary picket-pocketing incident in Victorian London unites three teens against a madman. Eddie is the pickpocket; George is an assistant at the British Museum; Elizabeth has a nose for trouble—and all of them are being hunted by Augustus Lorimore. Lorimore is a sinister... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Eddie "Dipper" Hopkins: A 14 year-old theif in victorian london that accidently ends up pickpocketing the wrong man
- George Archer: An assistant in the British museum who was pulled into this by the death of his friend
- Elizabeth Oldfield: A woman who chased Eddie after he pickpocketed her father, then she got the wallet back but not her father's but George's wallet in doing so got pulled into this mess
- Augustus Lorimore: A madman bent on bringing dinosaurs and other fossilsed life back form the dead
- William Protheroe: Add a description of this character.
- Garfield Berry
- Albert Wilkes
- Percy Smythe
- Davey
- Madame Sophia
- Henry Glick
- Mr Blade
- Husband Gerald
- Mrs Paterson
- Defoe
- Mrs White
- Mansfield
- Stephen
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First Sentence edit
Four days after his own funeral, Albert Wilkes came home for tea.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Justin Richards (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 1582347212
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 1582347212
Page Count: 320
Subjects edit
- Books › Children's Books › Literature › Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror › Spine-Chilling Horror
- Books › Children's Books › History & Historical Fiction › Fiction › Europe
- Books › Children's Books › Literature › Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror › Mysteries, Espionage, & Detectives
- Books › Children's Books › Obsessions › Monsters
- Books › Teens › History & Historical Fiction › Historical Fiction
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