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Seller: Talparo Books, Oakville, ON, CanadaTalparo Books
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A first edition, first printing. Book is as new and unread. There are no marks or bumps on the cover. The pages are bright, clean and tight. This item is issued without a dust jacket. Book is not remaindered or price-clipped. We ship well packaged.
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- Title
- The Hunchback Assignments
- Author
- Slade, Arthur
- Publisher
- HarperTrophy
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- As New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1554683548
- ISBN 13
- 9781554683543
- Edition
- 1st Edition
There are rumors that a hunchback infant in a gypsy freakshow has the power to transform his appearance. This comes to the attention of Mr. Socrates, a member of the shadowy Permanent Association, who decides to take the boy back to England and raise him for his own purposes. Naming him Modo, Mr. Socrates keeps the boy indoors and never lets him see his deformity, while putting him through training to be a secret agent. When Modo turns 14, his education is complete. He is handed a mirror and confronts his image for the first time, horrified. Then, he is taken to foggy, polluted London and abandoned, penniless, to test his skills.
But Modo is resourceful, and he finds a way to get by, keeping to himself… until one day, when the beautiful Octavia Milkweed knocks on his door. soon, with the help of Mr. Socrates, they find themselves uncovering a sinister plot being carried out in the very sewers beneath their feet. Will they be able to stop the mad scientist Dr. Hyde and his even more terrifying associates before they unleash their monstrous plans upon unsuspecting Londoners?
The start of a fantastic series, in the hot new genre of steampunk, The Hunchback Assignments takes readers into the sewers and alleyways of an alternative Victorian London, in an unputdownable adventure.
Visit The Hunchback Assignments web site for up-to-date news, games and information about the series.
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About the Author
The first volume in ARTHUR SLADE’s Hunchback Assignments series won the prestigious TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, and the second volume, The Dark Deeps, was a finalist for the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award and the CLA Young Adult Book Award. Slade is also the author of Dust, a national bestseller and the winner of the 2001 Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature, the Mr. Christie’s Book Award and the Saskatchewan Book Award for Children’s Literature. His other books include Tribes, Megiddo’s Shadow, Jolted, Monsterology, Villainology and the Canadian Chills series. He lives in Saskatoon. Visit him online at arthurslade.com.
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Talparo Books
Oakville, ON, Canada
AbeBooks seller since July 8, 2021
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