The Tin Princess: A Sally Lockhart Mystery -- Philip Pullman

AFTER WITNESSING A mysterious explosion, three young Londoners--Becky, Jim, and Adelaide--journey to a tiny country high in the mountains of Central Europe in 1882. They're an unlikely trio to lead a country, but when Adelaide's husband, the new king, is assassinated, she finds herself fighting for the crown--and for her very life.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Philip Pullman<br><b>Publisher:</b> Rh Childrens Books<br><b>Published:</b> 09/09/2008<br><b>Pages:</b> 304<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.51lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.96h x 6.44w x 0.69d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780375845147<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 6.5<br><b>Point Value:</b> 14<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Upper Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>53817 / Tin Princess<br><br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>PHILIP PULLMAN is one of the most acclaimed writers working today. He is best known for the His Dark Materials trilogy (<i>The Golden Compass, </i> <i>The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass</i>), which has been named one of the top 100 novels of all time by <i>Newsweek</i> and one of the all-time greatest novels by <i>Entertainment Weekly</i>. He has also won many distinguished prizes, including the Carnegie Medal for <i>The Golden Compass </i>(and the reader-voted "Carnegie of Carnegies" for the best children's book of the past seventy years); the Whitbread (now Costa) Award for <i>The Amber Spyglass</i>; a Booker Prize long-list nomination (<i>The Amber Spyglass</i>); Parents' Choice Gold A