Title | : | The Curious Crime |
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Author | : | Julia Golding |
Release | : | 2018-10-19 |
Kind | : | ebook |
Genre | : | Fantasy for Young Adults, Books, Young Adult, Fiction for Young Adults, Kids, Learning to Read for Kids, Chapter Books for Kids, Mysteries for Young Adults |
Size | : | 4364880 |
'In a strange, vast and wonderfully imagined museum, an apprentice sculptor and student scientist must solve a murder. Julia Golding has written a gripping helter-skelter story that will keep you guessing and start you thinking.' - Roger Wagner, artist and painter Is curiosity a crime? Ree discovers the unfairness of being a girl in a male-dominated scientific world, where alternative ideas are swiftly squashed. Enter a fantasy island where Phil the dodo and other unusual wild animals roam corridors, great halls and an underground network of passages of a magnificent museum and science academy. Prevented from following her creative passion as a stonemason, Ree is confined to cleaning the halls at night as a maid. But then the murders start happening... A determined scholar Henri and strong-willed Ree join forces to solve the mysteries and prove their innocence. |