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At the sign of the Sugared Plum

Author: Mary Hooper
Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Children's, 2003.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats
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In June 1665, excited at the prospect of coming to London to work at her sister Sarah's candy shop, teenaged Hannah is unconcerned about rumors of Plague until, as the hot summer advances and increasing numbers of people succumb to the disease, she and Sarah find themselves trapped in the city with no means of escape.
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Genre/Form: Children's stories
Historical fiction
Juvenile fiction
Material Type: Fiction, Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Mary Hooper
ISBN: 0747561249 9780747561248
OCLC Number: 52325673
Description: 169 p. ; 20 cm.
Responsibility: Mary Hooper.
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An historical novel set at the time of The Great Plague in London. It conveys how the atmosphere in London changes from a disbelief that the Plague is anything serious, to the full-blown horror of  Read more...

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