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Bibliography: Hooper, Mary. (2011). Fallen Grace.  New York, Bloomsbury USA Children’s. ISBN: 978-1599905648 Plot Summary:  Penniless orphans Grace and her sister have just barely managed to avoid starving or freezing to death in Victorian London.  When Grace gives birth to a still born baby and sneaks it into the coffin of a well to do [...]

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Bibliography: Eagland, Jane. (September 2010). Wildthorn.  New York: Houghton Mifflin Children’s Books. ISBN: 9780547370170 Plot Summary:  17  year old Louisa Cosgrove wants nothing more than to study to become a doctor, a rare choice for a woman in Victorian England.  When her father, her main supporter, becomes ill and dies, she resigns herself to becoming [...]

Bibliography: Lee, Y.S. (2010). The Agency Book 2: The Body at the Tower. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press. ISBN: Plot Summary:  On her second case for the Agency, Mary Quinn finds herself in the seamy side of Victorian London, pretending to be a boy while she spies on the construction site of the clock tower of [...]

Bibliography: Lee, Y.S. (2010, March). The Agency 1: A Spy in the House. Somerville, MA: 9780763640675 Plot Summary:  Thief and housebreaker Mary Quinn is rescued from Old Bailey and educated at Miss Scrimshaw’s Academy for Girls for a chance at a better life. She tries her hand at several careers but is bored and uninspired.  [...]

Bibliography: Slade, Arthur. (September 2009).  The Hunchback Assignments.  New York:  Random House Children’s Books.  ISBN: 9780385737845 Plot Summary:  Mr. Socrates rescued Modo from traveling freak show when he was just a baby.  He recognized his special morphological skill, and had him trained as an agent for his secret society in Victorian London.  Together with another [...]