SOLVED. Children's Historical Fantasy, Time Travel. MC is a walking dustbin/ garbage can (human hybrid with legs), she doesn't want to be seen by people. She witnessed the Great London Fire (1666). Title: incl. bin or trash. Read in 2012-2013. [s]

[Laura]

Read this book in a class in 2012/2013. I was around 10 or 11 when we read the book in class. It had alot of UK history in it I think but all I can remember is the part about the Great London fire. It mentioned information about the bakery down pudding lane. I really hope I'm not mixing things up with another book but I think the dustbin was writing letters to someone too. I have a clear image of the dustin: silver standing with two feminine, slender legs. I am certain that the book had the words bin or trash in the title.

[Laura]

and easier way of describing this character is she was a hybrid between dustbin and human. I'm also fairly sure she was time traveling.

[Jon]

Hi Laura, this sounds pretty weird even for a children's book :)

But I'd like to ask something: does the character just have the appearance of a dustbin or does she have the functionality of a dustbin? Is it essentially part of a disguise? Is the fact that she looks like a dustbin relevant to the story in some way (as far as you can recall)?

[Kris]

Laura, can you think of other places and times she visited? How did she time travel? Does she work for a special agency or company?

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[Laura]

Jon, the dustbin is essentially part of a disguise and yeah i'm not sure it was a children's book maybe it was a young adults novel. As far as I can recall it was a good disguise because if anyone was passing she could tuck her legs under and nobody would know that she's not an ordinary dustbin

[Jon]

Un Lun Dun perhap?

[Laura]

OH MY GOODNESS!! That's the exact one!! My childhood just unlocked!! Thank you so much I have been searching for this book for years!!

[Kris]

Ah, I been wanting to read that book for years.