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Fly by night / Frances Hardinge.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2006.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: 487 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0060876271 (trade bdg.)
  • 0060876298 (lib. bdg.) :
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Contents:
A is for arson -- B is for blackmail -- C is for contraband -- D is for daylight robbery -- E is for extortion -- F is for fair mark -- G is for gentleman's agreement -- H is for high treason -- I is for informer -- J is for judgment -- K is for kidnapping -- L is for lockpick -- M is for murder -- N is for not proven -- O is for oath -- P is for prison -- Q is for questioning -- R is for redemption -- S is for sedition -- T is for trial by combat -- U is for undefended -- V is for verdict.
  • A Junior Library Guild selection.
Summary: A twelve-year-old orphan, Mosca Mye, and her homicidal goose, Saracen, travel to the city of Mandelion on the heels of smooth-talking con-man Eponymous Clent, driven by her love of language, to find a better life.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy Hardinge, Frances 1 Available 33111004610990
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Twelve-year-old Mosca Mye hasn't got much. Her cruel uncle keeps her locked up in his mill, and her only friend is her pet goose, Saracen, who'll bite anything that crosses his path. But she does have one small, rare thing: the ability to read. She doesn't know it yet, but in a world where books are dangerous things, this gift will change her life. Enter Eponymous Clent, a smooth-talking con man who seems to love words nearly as much as Mosca herself. Soon Mosca and Clent are living a life of deceit and danger -- discovering secret societies, following shady characters onto floating coffeehouses, and entangling themselves with crazed dukes and double-crossing racketeers. It would be exactly the kind of tale Mosca has always longed to take part in, until she learns that her one true love -- words -- may be the death of her. Fly by Night is astonishingly original, a grand feat of the imagination from a masterful new storyteller.

First published: United Kingdom : MacMillan, 2005.

A is for arson -- B is for blackmail -- C is for contraband -- D is for daylight robbery -- E is for extortion -- F is for fair mark -- G is for gentleman's agreement -- H is for high treason -- I is for informer -- J is for judgment -- K is for kidnapping -- L is for lockpick -- M is for murder -- N is for not proven -- O is for oath -- P is for prison -- Q is for questioning -- R is for redemption -- S is for sedition -- T is for trial by combat -- U is for undefended -- V is for verdict.

A twelve-year-old orphan, Mosca Mye, and her homicidal goose, Saracen, travel to the city of Mandelion on the heels of smooth-talking con-man Eponymous Clent, driven by her love of language, to find a better life.

10 up.

A Junior Library Guild selection.

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