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Author:

Buckley-Archer, Linda.

Title:

Gideon the cutpurse : being the first part of The Gideon trilogy / Linda Buckley-Archer.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

ix, 404 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Time travel--Juvenile fiction.
Brigands and robbers--Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction.
Fantasy fiction--Juvenile fiction.
Great Britain--History--George III, 1760-1820--Juvenile fiction.
Fantasy fiction--Juvenile.
Domestic fiction--Juvenile.

Notes:

Sequel: The time thief.

Contents:

Birthday treat -- Peter misses an important telephone call -- Three-cornered hat -- Howl of a wolf -- Breakfast of grilled trout -- Lost in time -- Hospitality of the honorable Mrs. Byng -- Tar man's tale -- Journey begins -- Attack! -- Lord Luxon's tragedy -- Parliament of rocks -- Pandora's box -- Gideon's stratagem -- Pact made in blood -- Two covent gardens -- Queen Charlotte's promise -- Into the net -- Race against time -- Newgate -- Straw men -- Tyburn -- Author's note -- Acknowledgments.

Summary:

Ignored by his father and sent to Derbyshire for the weekend, twelve-year-old Peter and his new friend, Kate, are accidentally transported back in time to 1763 England where they are befriended by a reformed cutpurse.

Series:

Gideon trilogy ; bk. 1
Buckley-Archer, Linda. Gideon trilogy ; bk. 1.

ISBN:

9781416915256
1416915257

OCLC:

(OCoLC)63473078

LCCN:

2006042204

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