Bibliograph

The Great Trouble, [a mystery of London, the blue death, and a boy called Eel], Deborah Hopkinson

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The Great Trouble, [a mystery of London, the blue death, and a boy called Eel], Deborah Hopkinson

Language

eng

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resource.interestGradeLevel

3-6

Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

The Great Trouble

Music parts

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Oclc number

857676814

Responsibility statement

Deborah Hopkinson

Sub title

[a mystery of London, the blue death, and a boy called Eel]

Summary

Eel has troubles of his own: As an orphan and a "mudlark," he spends his days in the filthy River Thames, searching for bits of things to sell. He's being hunted by Fisheye Bill Tyler, and a nastier man never walked the streets of London. And he's got a secret that costs him four precious shillings a week to keep safe. But even for Eel, things aren't so bad until that fateful August day in 1854--the day the Great Trouble begins. Mr. Griggs, the tailor, is the first to get sick..

Target audience

pre adolescent

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