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Author: Galvin, Lindsay

Reading age: from c 9 years

Published on 12 September 2024 by Chicken House Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 352 pages
197 x 129 x 20 | 216g

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.

 

PRAISE FOR LINDSAY GALVIN:

‘Galvin is a thrilling storyteller’ TELEGRAPH

‘Breathtakingly daring and imaginative’ BOOKTRUST