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Is part of Verity Sparks Susan Green , 2011 series - author children's fiction (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 The Truth about Verity Sparks
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'Verity Sparks is good at finding lost things, but will she be able to uncover the truth about her own past?

'Verity Sparks is a thirteen-year-old orphan working as a milliner in Victorian London. But Verity is no ordinary girl - she has an almost perfect memory and possesses the talent of Teleagtivism. She can easily find things that are lost! When Verity is wrongly accused of theft and dismissed from her job, she goes to live with the Plushes - a slightly Bohemian family who run a Confidential Inquiry Agency. Verity helps them solve cases and slowly becomes one of the family.

'But patches of the truth about her past begin to surface, along with the special talent that Professor Plush is helping her explore. Who were her real parents? Is she the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter? Who is sending poison pen letters about Verity to the Plushes? Who doesn't want them to learn the truth about Verity Sparks?

'An adventure/mystery with a dash of the supernatural thrown in; The Truth About Verity Sparks is packed with chases through the dark alleys of London, séances in high-class dining rooms, pet pythons named Anthony and Cleopatra, murdered opera singers and much, much more.' (From the publisher's website.)

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  • Ages: 10+

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Newtown, Marrickville - Camperdown area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Walker Books Australia , 2011 .
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      Extent: 297p.
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      • Publication date: 1 August 2011.
      ISBN: 9781921720277 (pbk.), 9781921977107 (ebk.)
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      Walker Books [London] ,
      2016 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Alternative title: Diamonds and Deception
      Extent: 272p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 September 2016
      ISBN: 9781406371734

Works about this Work

The Truth About Verity Sparks by Susan Green Anastasia Gonis , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , October 2012;

— Review of The Truth about Verity Sparks Susan Green , 2011 single work children's fiction
Golden Books for Children Deborah Bogle , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 April 2012; (p. 3)
Tall Tales on Short List Katharine England , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 April 2012; (p. 46)
Untitled Amanda de Jongh , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Childrens' Book Council of Australia , August vol. 55 no. 3 2011; (p. 35-36)

— Review of The Truth about Verity Sparks Susan Green , 2011 single work children's fiction
Untitled Chloe Mauger , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 26 no. 4 2011; (p. 35)

— Review of The Truth about Verity Sparks Susan Green , 2011 single work children's fiction
Untitled Meredith Tate , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 91 no. 1 2011; (p. 31)

— Review of The Truth about Verity Sparks Susan Green , 2011 single work children's fiction
A Case for Girl Detectives Hilary Adams , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 26 no. 4 2011; (p. 10-13)

— Review of A Pocketful of Eyes Lili Wilkinson , 2011 single work novel ; The Truth about Verity Sparks Susan Green , 2011 single work children's fiction
Untitled Chloe Mauger , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 26 no. 4 2011; (p. 35)

— Review of The Truth about Verity Sparks Susan Green , 2011 single work children's fiction
Untitled Amanda de Jongh , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Childrens' Book Council of Australia , August vol. 55 no. 3 2011; (p. 35-36)

— Review of The Truth about Verity Sparks Susan Green , 2011 single work children's fiction
The Truth About Verity Sparks by Susan Green Anastasia Gonis , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , October 2012;

— Review of The Truth about Verity Sparks Susan Green , 2011 single work children's fiction
Tall Tales on Short List Katharine England , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 April 2012; (p. 46)
Golden Books for Children Deborah Bogle , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 April 2012; (p. 3)
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