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1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 32 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Performer |
Read by Stephen Briggs. |
Summary |
A storm. Rain-lashed city streets. A flash of lightning. A scruffy lad sees a girl leap desperately from a horse-drawn carriage in a vain attempt to escape her captors. Can the lad stand by and let her be caught again? Of course not, because he's . . . Dodger. Seventeen-year-old Dodger may be a street urchin, but he gleans a living from London's sewers, and he knows a jewel when he sees one. He's not about to let anything happen to the unknown girl-not even if her fate impacts some of the most powerful people in England. From Dodger's encounter with the mad barber Sweeney Todd to his meetings with the great writer Charles Dickens and the calculating politician Benjamin Disraeli, history and fantasy intertwine in a breathtaking account of adventure and mystery. Beloved and bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett combines high comedy with deep wisdom in this tale of an unexpected coming-of-age and one remarkable boy's rise in a complex and fascinating world. |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Subject |
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Juvenile fiction.
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Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.
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Todd, Sweeney (Legendary character) -- Juvenile fiction.
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Authors -- Juvenile fiction.
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Barbers -- Juvenile fiction.
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Street life -- Juvenile fiction.
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Jews -- Juvenile fiction.
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Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
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Sewage -- Juvenile fiction.
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London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
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Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Juvenile fiction.
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Added Author |
Briggs, Stephen, 1951- narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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ISBN |
9780062201959 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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0062201956 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
Music No. |
MWT11588581 |
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