- Paperback: 464 pages
- Publisher: Scholastic; New Edition edition (2 April 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0439955254
- ISBN-13: 978-0439955256
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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- #63 in Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators > P > Pullman, Philip
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Sally is 25, and somebody wants to destroy her. She receives divorce papers from a man she has never met, let alone married - yet this trap is so well laid that she is powerless to prove otherwise. When custody of her precious daughter is awarded to this evil stranger, it is the beginning of a terrifying struggle in which Sally will have to fight, with a gun if necessary, for the freedom of her family. The third instalment of the quartet
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Be prepared for one of the most exciting page-turning reads you'll ever encounter. This book will grip you from the first page and not let you go until the end. It's the longest of the four Sally Lockhart books, but you won't notice the length as the plot just keeps going and thickening all the time.
As if that wasn't enough, in between the excitement there's also a wealth of incidental detail about social conditions in Victorian England, and especially about the rights (or lack thereof) of women.
Please note: the four Lockhart books should be read in order. This book gives away a number of significant plot developments in the first two (Ruby in the Smoke and Shadow in the North), so you should read those first. They're also great, and you won't truly appreciate this one without having read those first.
As if that wasn't enough, in between the excitement there's also a wealth of incidental detail about social conditions in Victorian England, and especially about the rights (or lack thereof) of women.
Please note: the four Lockhart books should be read in order. This book gives away a number of significant plot developments in the first two (Ruby in the Smoke and Shadow in the North), so you should read those first. They're also great, and you won't truly appreciate this one without having read those first.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Even though I am an adult fastly approaching my middle years, I absolutely loved this book and though I enjoyed the other three books from the series, I found I could not only sympathiise with the character over the fear of losing her child I felt myself making comparisons with the worlds problems from then and today.
Well Done Pillip Pullman another excellent read.
Well Done Pillip Pullman another excellent read.
Format:Paperback
You always know it's a good book when you just can't put it down! This carries on the excellence of the earlier books in the series, The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North.
Pullman is such a compelling story-teller, but what really sets him apart for me is his ability to paint your mind into the scene with an almost ruthless efficiency. You can find yourself wondering how you have the whole scene elaborately captured in your mind's eye and at the same time marvel at how few, but oh so well selected, words it has taken him to weave his magic.
As with the other books the story goes along moving from place to place at a canter, but despite all the changes between different sub plots / scenes / locations you never get lost with Pullman.
I heartily recommend this entire series!
Pullman is such a compelling story-teller, but what really sets him apart for me is his ability to paint your mind into the scene with an almost ruthless efficiency. You can find yourself wondering how you have the whole scene elaborately captured in your mind's eye and at the same time marvel at how few, but oh so well selected, words it has taken him to weave his magic.
As with the other books the story goes along moving from place to place at a canter, but despite all the changes between different sub plots / scenes / locations you never get lost with Pullman.
I heartily recommend this entire series!
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