Updale, Eleanor.

Montmorency : thief, liar, gentleman? / Eleanor Updale. - 1st Orchard Books ed. - New York : Orchard Books, 2004. - 232 p. ; 22 cm.

"First published in Great Britain in 2003 by Scholastic Ltd."--T.p. verso.

Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005 School Library Journal starred, April 2004 Five Owls, July 2005 Book Links (A.L.A.), March 2007 Library Media Connection starred, April 2004 Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, April 2004 Publisher's Weekly, April 2004 Booklist, May 2004 Horn Book, October 2004 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2004

In Victorian London, after his life is saved by a young physician, a thief utilizes the knowledge he gains in prison and from the scientific lectures he attends as the physician's case study exhibit to create a new, highly successful, double life for himself.

6.8 5-8 Follett Library Resources



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Thieves--Fiction.
Individuality--Fiction.
Historical fiction.


London (England)--History--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--19th century--Fiction.

PZ7.U4447 / Mo 2004

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