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Follows the owner and three very different residents of the Blue Lion Hotel as London prepares to celebrate the upcoming coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
"It is Coronation Year, 1953, and a new queen is about to be crowned. The people of London are in a mood to celebrate, none more so than the residents of the Blue Lion hotel. Edie Howard, owner and operator of the floundering Blue Lion, has found the miracle she needs: on Coronation Day,...
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Series
Flavia De Luce mysteries volume 1
Thorndike Press large print core
Flavia de Luce mystery volume 01
Flavia de Luce mystery volume 03
Thorndike Press large print core
Flavia de Luce mystery volume 01
Flavia de Luce mystery volume 03
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Description
In his wickedly brilliant first novel, Debut Dagger Award winner Alan Bradley introduces one of the most singular and engaging heroines in recent fiction: eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison. It is the summer of 1950-and a series of inexplicable events has struck Buckshaw, the decaying English mansion that Flavia's family calls home. A dead bird is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to...
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