The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780804123594 (0804123594)
Publish date: September 10th 2013
Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Survival,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
Mystery,
Health,
Family,
Illness
Eel is just trying to make a better life for his brother but Hugzie took that opportunity away from him. Now Eel has the world on his shoulders. I picture this mudlark running through the streets, constantly watching his back, earning whatever money he can, with fear running through his veins. He’s ...
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 ...