The Grandest Bookshop in the World
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- Synopsis
- Pearl and Vally Cole live in a bookshop. And not just any bookshop. In 1893, Cole’s Book Arcade in Melbourne isthe grandest bookshop in the world, brimming with every curiosity imaginable. Each day brings fresh delights forthe siblings: voice-changing sweets, talking parrots, a new story written just for them by their eccentric father.When Pearl and Vally learn that Pa has risked the Arcade – and himself – in a shocking deal with the mysteriousObscurosmith, the siblings hatch a plan. Soon they are swept into a dangerous game with impossibly high stakes:defeat seven challenges by the stroke of midnight and both the Arcade and their father will be restored. But if theyfail Pearl and Vally won’t just lose Pa – they’ll forget that he and the Arcade ever existed.
- Copyright:
- 2020
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781922400437
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781925972955
- Publisher:
- Affirm Press
- Date of Addition:
- 06/27/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Amelia Mellor
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
- Grade Levels:
- Fourth grade, Fifth grade, Sixth grade, Seventh grade
- Reading Age:
- 9–12
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.