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The Printer's Devil

by Paul Bajoria · 2005

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The notorious inhabitants of London's criminal underworld are all in a day's work for Mog, the young printer's apprentice, who prints their WANTED posters. But then a real-life meeting with a genuine convict entangles Mog in a secret scheme that has all the crooks of the city at each others' throats.

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An ingenious theft, a series of mistaken identities, and a chilling murder all connect to a ship just docked from India, and Mog's own mysterious past... Evoking Philip Pullman, Caleb Carr, and Charles Dickens, first-time writer Paul Bajoria's original voice and vivid, suspenseful storytelling will enchant young readers.

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Georgian and 18th centuryGeorgian and 18th centuryMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of this
Setting
18th century18th centuryMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of thisLondonLondonMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
medium · 384 pages

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