Product Description
The Great Phoenix of London
Author: Lindsay Galvin
Format: Paperback
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.
‘Galvin is a thrilling storyteller’ — TELEGRAPH
‘Breathtakingly daring and imaginative’ — BOOKTRUST
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