The Great Phoenix of London
Lindsay Galvin
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It was a crisp night, the sky a sheet of black ice, waiting
to be shattered.
Sleepy with fire-warmth and rich food, I snuggled between my mother and father on the doorstep of my grandparents’ house and glassworks business on Pudding Lane. They were saying long goodbyes to the rest of my family: Grandfather, Grandmother, Uncle Martyne, Aunt Susan and my young cousin Roland. I lived with my parents on the other side of the City of London, where Mother and Father ran a successful bookbinding business together.
About the book
An exciting new middle-grade historical adventure from the bestselling author of Darwin’s Dragons.
London, 1666
When fire breaks out, eleven-year-old Gil is separated from his family in the chaos. One of his few remaining possessions is a mysterious ball of rock that fell from the sky.
As he races to beat the inferno spreading across the city, neither he, nor his new friend Jennet, has any idea that the stone in his satchel is an unhatched bird of myth and fire. And that there are some who will stop at nothing to get their hands on a legendary phoenix . . .
- The fourth middle-grade historical adventure by hugely successful and critically acclaimed Lindsay Galvin.
- A unique spin on the infamous tragedy with Galvin’s original mix of mythology, history and science.
- The Great Fire of London is a favourite National Curriculum teaching topic.
- A touching animal friendship at the heart of the story.
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