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Two Crafty Criminals!
And How They Were Captured by the Daring Detectives of the New Cut Gang
By PULLMAN, Philip
- ISBN
- 978-0-375-87029-3 978-0-375-97029-0 978-0-375-98868-4
- Publisher
- Knopf.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Starred Review on May 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 3–6—The New Cut Gang, a group of young mischief-makers, rules the streets of late-19-century London and solves mysteries. In the first case, Thunderbolt Dobney and the rest of the gang investigate a coin counterfeiting resurgence. Things get more serious when Thunderbolt's father is arrested, and it is up to the kids to clear his name and find the real criminal. The second stor...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2012
Years before publishing His Dark Materials, Pullman had already pointed his literary compass toward great storytelling with books such as the Sally Lockhart series; now readers have a dual romp with two bundled novellas, Thunderbolt’s Waxwork and The Gas-Fitters’ Ball, first published in the UK in the 1990s. Both madcap adventures contain lots of characters and lots of plot, with all coming together in complicated, satisfying endings. Set in Victorian London, the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
Readers have a dual romp with two bundled novellas, <i>Thunderbolt's Waxwork</i> and <i>The Gas-Fitters' Ball</i>, first published...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
