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It's 1665 and Alice is looking forward to being back in London. But the plague is spreading quickly, and as each day passes more red crosses appear on doors. When her aunt is struck down with the plague, she is forced to make a decision that could change her life forever...

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The diary of 13 year old Alice Paynton, a young girl in the time of Charles II. Her diary covers the months from June 1665 to the Great Fire of 1666, while the bubonic plague ravages London. In the MY STORY series.

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London

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Tuesday. Today I start my new diary and have a new hiding place for it - behind a beam in the ceiling of my attic bedchamber.

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This is book 11 of 34 in My Story. (publisher series)

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  1. Pamela Oldfield (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Richard Jones (Cover Artist)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Scholastic Ltd
Country: UK
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 978-1-407104-78-2
Page Count: 157

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