'You be going to live in the city, Hannah?' Farmer Price asked, pushing his battered hat up over his forehead. 'Wouldn' t think you'd want to go there Times like this, I would have thought your sister would try and keep you away.' Hannah is oblivious to Farmer Price's dark words, excited as she is about her first ever trip to London to help her sister in her shop 'The Sugared Plum', making sweetmeats for the gentry. Hannah does not however get the reception she expected from her sister Sarah. Instead of giving Hannah a hearty welcome, Sarah is horrified that Hannah did not get her message to stay away - the Plague is taking hold of London. Based on much research, Mary Hooper tellingly conveys how the atmosphere in London changes from a disbelief that the plague is anything serious, to the full-blown horror of the death carts and being locked up - in effect to die - if your house is suspected of infection. A brilliant new departure from this best-selling author. "Mary Hooper is another writer to watch" The Independent
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"This story still manages to be thoroughly romantic whatever the growing corpse count." -- Independent, Monday 28th November 2003
'Mary hooper is a writer to watch' -- The Independent
'Mary hooper is a writer to watch' -- The Independent
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Through Hannah’s eyes, Mary Hooper brilliantly recreates the smells, sounds and sights of seventeenth century London life. Hannah’s excitement at coming to the big city is vividly evoked as is the growing terror of a seemingly unstoppable plague that takes hold of the city, street by street, house by house.
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By Harriet*
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I had this book bought for me and i could say at first i was not sure. But when i picked it up, i literally was hooked! It follows the lives of Hannah and her sister during the plauge. It is racy, interesting and sad. I would definitly recomend to anyone of the age group 13+. I would read again!
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I read this book when i was ten and really injoyed it. I am now eleven and read it again and again. It is about the Plague in London and how Hannah and her sister Sarah try to survive and keep their sweetmeats shop open. I recomend this to any reader how likes adventure books that is hard to put down. In the back of the book it tells you how to make sweetmeats like: Sugared Rose Petals, Frosted anjelica and lots more. If you like this book read the follow up Petals in the Ashes.
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By sophie
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At the Sign of the Sugared Plum tells the story of Hannah who moves to London full of excitment only to find that the plague is sweeping through the city. As more and more people become ill, Hannah and her sister have to decide what to do. The final chapters are nail biting! As well as being a great story, the book gives a brilliant insight into the life of teenagers during that period of history. I had not read any books by Mary Hooper before but i will definitely read more now!
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Not for primary pupils!
Ordered this hoping to use it in Guided Reading as we cover the Great Plague in Year 5 and thought this would help with empathy. Read more
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This is such a wonderful heart pounding book.Amid tears and sheer joy it is unsetdownable.With the authors vivid descriptions you are transported into the medival world feeling all... Read more
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Exquisite (I've always wanted to say that in a review and now I...
If anyone ever asks me for recommendations when it comes to historical fiction I always tell them to start with a Mary Hooper novel. Read more
Published 5 months ago by lunaslittlelibrary
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Sign of the sugared plum
Pretty good description of the poor villages in the time of the great plague.
Rather sudden ending. I look forward to the follow on book!
Rather sudden ending. I look forward to the follow on book!
Published 5 months ago by Dancer
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At the Sign of the Sugared Plum
Excellent, enjoyable, historical tale about London during the Great Plague 1665. It made you feel as if you where there in person and gave an insight into the conditions at that... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Roadblock
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Quick enjoyable read
Good short book aimed at young adults. Easy to read, interesting and well researched historical novel. Would read more by the same author. Believable story and characters. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Vee
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Not just for teenagers
At 29 years I am not in the target read for this book, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I liked the main characters and especially enjoyed the history element of the Plague which I... Read more
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Sanitised Historical Children's Story ?
I probably bought his by accident thinking it was a serious book for grown up people but in fact it reads like pre-teenage fiction. Read more
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Beautifully Written
This is the second book in two weeks I've read set in the 1600s and I have to confess this is the book that most vividly invokes the period. Read more
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