Spring-Heeled Jack : A Story of Bravery and Evil - Hardcover

Pullman, Philip

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679810579 ISBN 13: 9780679810575

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1991

Synopsis

Three children make their escape from a London orphanage and after a series of misadventures are reunited with their father through the efforts of the legendary Spring-Heeled Jack

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Reviews

Grade 3-5-- The author of Ruby in the Smoke (Knopf, 1987) again pulls readers back to Victorian London for a tale of dark deeds and bright courage, aimed this time at a younger audience. Rose, Lily, and little Ned escape the Alderman Cawn-Plaster Memorial Orphanage one night, hoping to board ship and make a new life in America--but they don't reckon on running into cutthroat Mack the Knife and his evil band, or being so hotly pursued by the orphanage's nefarious supervisors, Gasket and Killjoy. With help from a good-hearted sailor, a small but fierce stray dog, and especially from Spring-Heeled Jack, a menacing caped figure in tights, tophat, and trick shoes that let him jump over tall buildings in a single bound, the brave children win their way to safety, and even find--O Joy!--their long-lost father. Pullman's prose is appropriately melodramatic, and breaks frequently into Mad Magazine -style cartoon panels, with dialogue in square balloons and small creatures at the edges making asides. The author and illustrator obviously had great fun with this funny, action-packed send-up, and so will readers. --John Peters, New York Public Library
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Edition details

• Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679810579
• ISBN 13: 9780679810575
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 112