Susan Green
Paperback | Pages: 297 pages Rating: 3.89 | 396 Users | 54 Reviews
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| ISBN: | 1921720271 (ISBN13: 9781921720277) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://walkerbooks.com.au/Books/The-Truth-About-Verity-Sparks-9781921720277 |
| Series: | Verity Sparks #1 |
| Setting: | London, England(United Kingdom) |
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Verity Sparks is a thirteen-year-old orphan working as a milliner in Victorian London. But Verity is no ordinary girl – she has an almost perfect memory and possesses the talent of Teleagtivism. She can easily find things that are lost! When Verity is wrongly accused of theft and dismissed from her job, she goes to live with the Plushes – a slightly Bohemian family who run a Confidential Inquiry Agency. Verity helps them solve cases and slowly becomes one of the family. But patches of the truth about her past begin to surface, along with the special talent that Professor Plush is helping her explore. Who were her real parents? Is she the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter? Who is sending poison pen letters about Verity to the Plushes? Who doesn’t want them to learn the truth about Verity Sparks? An adventure/mystery with a dash of the supernatural thrown in; The Truth About Verity Sparks is packed with chases through the dark alleys of London, séances in high-class dining rooms, pet pythons named Anthony and Cleopatra, murdered opera singers and much, much more.List About Books The Truth About Verity Sparks (Verity Sparks #1)
| Title | : | The Truth About Verity Sparks (Verity Sparks #1) |
| Author | : | Susan Green |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 297 pages |
| Published | : | August 1st 2011 by Walker Books Australia |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Childrens. Middle Grade. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fantasy. Paranormal |
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Ratings: 3.89 From 396 Users | 54 ReviewsDiscuss About Books The Truth About Verity Sparks (Verity Sparks #1)
Thirteen-year-old milliner's apprentice Verity leads a normal life in London, 1878. But when she discovers that she has a rare talentteleagtivismwhich means that she can find things by simply thinking about themher life changes forever. She meets the kind Plushes of the Confidential Inquiry Agency and helps them find missing objects around London, but while doing this, clues to Verity's past begin to surface, and questions come to mind. Verity must now discover her own mysterious past, andi think that this a very good book with a lot of potential. it was very racy and packed with suspense and mystery. i loved the fact it was a bout truth rather than love or friendship. the setting really set the plot well and makes the book even more interesting to read. the vocabulary was really genuine and understandable at the same time. it was very well written but i felt that there was more that could be said about Verity's relationship with her parents and that would give a lot more input
Quite good. The characters are well presented; whether it's mysterious, talks like a book or artistic. Great twist I didn't expect at all. Verity's emotions were well explained.
It was okay...pretty much describes my feelings on the book. I was surprised that it made the CBA list to be honest. But I dont really have much experience with the listed books so I cant say too much about that. At first I was excited as the blurb really drew me in...I was imagining that so much would be done with this story. On reading in about a third of the way I was still really engaged as the author was beginning to create a sort of lemony snippets world in which the charachters lived and
Maybe it was my sleep deprived brain, but I couldn't for the life of me keep a track of all the characters. When the climax came, I was scratching my head thinking, who was that. I tried really hard to enjoy this. The setting was great, I loved Verity, the cast of characters quirky. I am a bit befuddled as to what age this is pitched towards. The cover sells me for upper middle grade ages 10-12, but I felt the themes, and the general story arc, definitely more towards YA. I guess if its a
What a surprisingly pleasurable read! Do not let the cover put you off. If you like Victorian detective romps in the vein of Baker Boys/Sherlock Holmes and you like feisty little 'gutter-snipe' characters in the vein of Oliver Twist, you'll love this. Easy to like, fast to read and pure fun.
i read this book and translated it.the second book is verity sparks -lost and found-and the third book is verity sparks and the scarlet hand.i can say the second and third are better .but i love them all. they are a kind of story you never forgot them like dickens books .
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