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2) Victorians
Author
Publisher
Wayland
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Looks at different aspects of Victorian life including advances in transport, industry and architecture, and what life was like for rich and poor.
Author
Series
Description
Henri Giffard has devoted all his free time and money to making a balloon with a steam engine so it can be flown anywhere, not just drift on the wind. In 1852 he sets off for Paris with just an urchin girl to help him. Tens of thousands gather to see if his marvellous machine will work.
12) Rose Rivers
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Description
A wealthy young Victorian girl longs to leave the stifling middle class environment of her family home and to study at boarding school like her twin brother.
14) Skycircus
Author
Publisher
Usborne
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Lily and Robert are kidnapped while visiting a travelling skycircus.
15) Moonlocket
Author
Series
The Cogheart Adventures volume 2
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Set in Victorian London, Lily and her friend Robert must stop a master thief after he escapes from prison.
18) The Snow Sister
Author
Publisher
Faber
Pub. Date
2015
Description
A poor Victorian girl is looked after by a rich family when she is knocked down by a hansom cab after being chased away from a shop.