false 114982 39 "Her name was Sally Lockhart; and within fifteen minutes, she was going to kill a man." Philip Pullman begins his Sally Lockhart trilogy with a bang in <I>The Ruby in the Smoke</I>--a fast-paced, finely crafted thriller set in a rogue- and scalawag-ridden Victorian London. His 16-year-old heroine has no time for the usual trials of adolescence: her father has been murdered, and she needs to find out how and why. But everywhere she turns, she encounters new scoundrels and secrets. Why do the mere words "seven blessings" cause one man to keel over and die at their utterance? Who has possession of the rare, stolen ruby? And what does the opium trade have to do with it?<p> As our determined and intelligent sleuth sets her mind to unraveling these dark mysteries, she learns how embroiled she is in the whole affair. As riveting and witty as the sensational "penny dreadfuls" of Victorian England (but thousands of times better written), Pullman's trilogy (including <I>The Shadow in the North</I> and <I>The Tiger in the Well</I>) will have readers on the edges of their seats. <I>Ruby</I> is an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. (Ages 12 and older) <I>--Karin Snelson</I> 1128656 1985 The Ruby in the Smoke (Sally Lockhart Trilogy, Book 1) total:2702|5:516|4:1102|3:860|2:180|1:44| 2702 9972 3657 291 64428 0439977789 9780439977784 117 8 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170622964m/64428.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64428.The_Ruby_in_the_Smoke 4 4 false Fri Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 19:48:13 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 20:05:05 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 114982 0394895894 9780394895895 2322 239 3.69 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/114982.The_Ruby_in_the_Smoke 2 2 false Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 12:35:38 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 16:32:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 114982 0394895894 9780394895895 2322 239 3.69 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/114982.The_Ruby_in_the_Smoke 3 1 false Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 20:02:39 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 08:46:00 -0800 2008 His Dark Materials. It's a great mystery, immediately engaging with authentic, realistic characters and settings. I'd recommend it for adults and mature teenagers with a taste for dark mystery. I...more...]]> 114982 0394895894 9780394895895 2322 239 3.69 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/114982.The_Ruby_in_the_Smoke 5 4 false Mon Dec 17 07:20:35 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 17 07:21:26 -0800 2007 847487 0439943663 9780439943666 39 8 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178861867m/847487.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/847487.The_Ruby_in_the_Smoke 3 1 false Sun Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 18 08:29:33 -0800 2007 Wed Mar 05 14:21:08 -0800 2008
Have you ever heard the phrase The Seven Blessings?
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Sure, I've read the His Dark Materials trilogy, and I love I Was A Rat, but I've always shied away from the Sally Lockhart books because they looked, well, boring. I know, I know, I shouldn't judge...more...]]> 114982 0394895894 9780394895895 2322 239 3.69 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/114982.The_Ruby_in_the_Smoke 4 0 false Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 14:10:06 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 10:26:37 -0800 2008 Masterpiece Theatre version (with Billie Piper) before I read the book, which ruined the plo...more...]]> 64428 0439977789 9780439977784 117 8 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170622964m/64428.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64428.The_Ruby_in_the_Smoke 3 0 false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 04:54:25 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 11:09:15 -0700 2009 His Dark Materials books so fresh and memorable, Pullman's young adult series featuring perpetual victim of circumstance Sally Lockhart are agreeable to maturing and mature readers.

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