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    612-822-4611

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Eye of the Crow

Eye of the Crow

Peacock, Shane

Hardcover

Series: Boy Sherlock Holmes, Book 1

General Juvenile FictionHistory

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ISBN10: 0887768504
ISBN13: 9780887768507
Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
Published: Aug 24 2007
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.34 Depth: 8.01
Language: English
Awards: IndieFab awards, Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award, Moonbeam Children's Book Award, Young Adult Canadian Book Award
Sherlock Holmes, just thirteen, is a misfit. His highborn mother is the daughter of an aristocratic family, his father a poor Jew. Their marriage flouts tradition and makes them social pariahs in the London of the 1860s; and their son, Sherlock, bears the burden of their rebellion. Friendless, bullied at school, he belongs nowhere and has only his wits to help him make his way.

But what wits they are! His keen powers of observation are already apparent, though he is still a boy. He loves to amuse himself by constructing histories from the smallest detail for everyone he meets. Partly for fun, he focuses his attention on a sensational murder to see if he can solve it. But his game turns deadly serious when he finds himself the accused -- and in London, they hang boys of thirteen.

Shane Peacock has created a boy who bears all the seeds of the character who has mesmerized millions: the relentless eye, the sense of justice, and the complex ego. The boy Sherlock Holmes is a fascinating character who is sure to become a fast favorite with young readers everywhere.

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