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New World

by Jo MacAuley · 2014

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Fifteen-year-old Beth Johnson is a talented and beautiful young actress. She is also a spy. The year is 1666, and Henry Vale, the dangerous mastermind behind the plots to kill the King, is still on the loose. With reports coming in that he may be hiding out in the colony of America, Beth must decide how far she will go to track him down. Will Beth leave her life in London and make the voyage to the New World?

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spy thrillerspy thrillerMore like thisLess of thisBritish mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
actorsactorsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
EnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
medium · 224 pages

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