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The Black Book of Secrets
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Tales From the Sinister City: Book 1

The Black Book of Secrets (2007) (edit title/settings)

by F. E. Higgins (Author) (edit contributors)

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A boy arrives at a remote village in the dead of night. His name is Ludlow Fitch—and he is running from a most terrible past. What he is about to learn is that in this village is the life he has dreamed of—a safe place to live, and a job, as the assistant to a mysterious pawnbroker who trades... read more

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A boy runs off after his parents trying to get money deside his teeth are good money in old england after hitting everyone in the room he runs off to the hills. He finds a strang man who owns a pawn shop to take him. The pawn taker will pay for anything even......secrets about the town. There... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

A boy runs off after his parents trying to get money deside his teeth are good money in old england after hitting everyone in the room he runs off to the hills. He finds a strang man who owns a pawn shop to take him. The pawn taker will pay for anything even......secrets about the town. There is one small problem there's an owner of the town that takes everyones money for what they all have done. The pawn man fills a book with all the secrets of the town and the towns people rise up against the owner of the town. The pawn man desides its time to go and takes the boy with him. He takes the book to a cave filled with books with lots of secrets. The pawn broker tells the boy he will be the next person to be a pawn broker of secrets.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

  • Pagus Parvus: The town in which Joe Zabbidou sets up his pawn shop.
  • The City: Where Ludlow originally is from

First Sentence edit see section history

"When I opened my eyes I knew that nothing in my miserable life piror to that moment could possibly be as bad as what was about to happen."

Table of Contents edit see section history

A Note from the Author
Chapter 1: Fragment from the Memoirs of Ludlow Fitch
Chapter 2: Fragment from the Memoirs of Ludlow Fitch
Chapter 3: Arrival
Chapter 4: Poetry and Pawnbrokers
Chapter 5: Fragment from the Memoirs of Ludlow Fitch
Chapter 6: A Grand Opening
Chapter 7: The Morning After
Chapter 8: Fragment from the Memoirs of Ludlow Fitch
Chapter 9: Obadiah Strang
Chapter 10: Fragment from the Memoirs of Ludlow Fitch
Chapter 11: A Midnight Visitor
Chapter 12: Extract from the Black Book of Secrets the Gravediggers Confession
Chapter 13: Fragment from the Memoirs of Ludlow Fitch
Chapter 14: Of Frogs and Legs
Chapter 15: Wagging Tongues
Chapter 16: Fragment from the Memoirs of Ludlow Fitch
Chapter 17: Horatio Cleaver
Chapter 18: Extract from the Black Book of Secrets the Butcher’s Confession
Chapter 19: A Disturbed Night
Chapter 20: Fragment from the Memoirs of Ludlow Fitch
Chapter 21: A Sterling Oliphaunt
Chapter 22: Sterling Makes A Stand
Chapter 23: Fragment from the Memoirs of Ludlow Fitch
Chapter 24: Jeremiah Has a Plan
Chapter 25: The Cat’s Away
Chapter 26: Extract from the Black Book of Secrets the Coffin Maker’s Confession
Chapter 27: Fragment from the Memoirs of Ludlow Fitch
Chapter 28: Perigoe Leafbinder
Chapter 29: Extract from the Black Book of Secrets the Bookseller’s Confession
Chapter 30: Fragment from the Memoirs of Ludlow Fitch
Chapter 31: The Reluctant Messenger
Chapter 32: Fragment from the Memoirs of Ludlow Fitch
Chapter 33: Fragment from the Memoirs of Ludlow Fitch
Chapter 34: Departure
Chapter 35: Fragment from the Memoirs of Ludlow Fitch
Chapter 36: Fragment from the Memoirs of Ludlow Fitch
Chapter 37: Leftovers
Chapter 38: Diagnosis
Chapter 39: Fragment from the Memoirs of Ludlow Fitch
Chapter 40: Fragment from the Memoirs of Ludlow Fitch
Chapter 41: Fragment from the Memoirs of Ludlow Fitch
Chapter 42: Extract from the Black Book of Secrets Ludlow’s Confession
Chapter 43: Fragment from the Memoirs of Ludlow Fitch
Chapter 44: Page Torn from Amphibians of the Southern Hemisphere
Chapter 45: Fragment from the Memoirs of Ludlow Fitch
Chapter 46: Loose Ends
A Note from F.E. Higgens
Addenda

Glossary edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 4 in Tales From the Sinister City. (standard series)

Followed by The Bone Magician.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. F. E. Higgins (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Feiwel & Friends (Publisher)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Country: UK
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 9781405089791
Page Count: 256

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