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y separately published work icon A Very Peculiar Plague single work   children's fiction   children's   fantasy   historical fiction  
Alternative title: A Plague of Bogles
Is part of City of Orphans Catherine Jinks , 2013 series - author children's fiction (number 2 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 A Very Peculiar Plague
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'Eleven-year-old Jem Barbary spent most of his early life picking pockets for a canny old crook named Sarah Pickles. Now she's betrayed him, and Jem wants revenge. He also wants to work for bogler Alfred Bunce, who kills the child-eating monsters that lurk in the city's cellars and sewers. But Alfred is keen to give up bogling, since he almost lost his last apprentice, Birdie.

'When numerous children start disappearing around Newgate Prison, Alfred and Jem do join forces, waging an underground war. They even seek help from Birdie, dragging her away from the safe and comfortable home she's found with Miss Edith Eames. Together they learn that there's only one thing more terrifying than facing a whole plague of bogles - and that's facing some of the sinister people from Jem's past ...' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Steampunk note: Series of stories set in an alternate nineteenth century London in which orphans and street-urchins vie with poverty and mythical creatures for survival. The final volume also begins to highlight more heavily the impact of technological advancement.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2013 .
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      Extent: 340p.
      Note/s:
      • Published July 2013
      ISBN: 9781743313053 (paperback)
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      Boston, Massachusetts,
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      Houghton Mifflin ,
      2015 .
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      Alternative title: A Plague of Bogles
      Extent: 330p.
      Note/s:
      • Published January 27th 2015
      ISBN: 9780544087477

Other Formats

  • Also dyslexic edition
  • Also braille.
  • Also large print.

Works about this Work

[Untitled] Kevin Steinberger , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 28 no. 3 2013; (p. 36-37)

— Review of A Very Peculiar Plague Catherine Jinks , 2013 single work children's fiction
[Untitled] Kevin Steinberger , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 28 no. 3 2013; (p. 36-37)

— Review of A Very Peculiar Plague Catherine Jinks , 2013 single work children's fiction
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