As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
by:
Alan Bradley (author)
1950s. In her first year at the Toronto boarding school that trained her mother in espionage, British Flavia de Luce 11 receives a gift suited to abilities as budding chemist and sleuth. A charred and mummified body tumbles from a dorm chimney. One teacher is an acquitted murderess. Flavia copes...
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1950s. In her first year at the Toronto boarding school that trained her mother in espionage, British Flavia de Luce 11 receives a gift suited to abilities as budding chemist and sleuth. A charred and mummified body tumbles from a dorm chimney. One teacher is an acquitted murderess. Flavia copes with multiple mysteries including haunting and vanished girls.
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Format: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B00LYXN3LK
Publisher: Bantam
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Canada,
Fiction,
Historical
Series: Flavia de Luce (#7)
I don't remember all that many details from the preceding book in this series, which is a pity, in that it would have helped me better understand this one. Whatever, Flavia is sent into exile in Canada. Sent to Miss Bodycote’s Female Academy in Toronto to be exact. She is a member of a mysterious "c...
Series: Flavia de Luce #7 Flavia is exiled to the wilds of Toronto to attend her mother's old boarding school. I have to say that Flavia's adventures on the Danforth with her treks out to Rosedale amused me. Although I love the narrator of these books, I did find her "Canadian" accents to be a bit...
"Banished!" After Flavia is sent to Miss Bodycote’s Female Academy in Toronto to put some order in her life and to complete her informal studies, she is forced to face the outside world (even if it's just inside a school) for the first time without her family, her beloved Dogger, and her trustworthy...
You know when you read a book and the story isn't too interesting. You are not too interested in who the killer will turn out to be either. But you still love the book because you are in love with the characters. You still keep reading because the author writes beautifully. And most of all, the auth...
I do believe I've found a new young heroine to add to my shelf of favorites! When I saw the synopsis for As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust I was instantly smitten. Stories where young ladies do amazing things make me smile. Plus, I love a good mystery. What I didn't know, was that this book is the 7t...
9 years ago
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