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Verity Sparks
2011
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2011
The Truth about Verity Sparks
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'Verity Sparks is good at finding lost things, but will she be able to uncover the truth about her own past?
'Verity Sparks is a thirteen-year-old orphan working as a milliner in Victorian London. But Verity is no ordinary girl - she has an almost perfect memory and possesses the talent of Teleagtivism. She can easily find things that are lost! When Verity is wrongly accused of theft and dismissed from her job, she goes to live with the Plushes - a slightly Bohemian family who run a Confidential Inquiry Agency. Verity helps them solve cases and slowly becomes one of the family.
'But patches of the truth about her past begin to surface, along with the special talent that Professor Plush is helping her explore. Who were her real parents? Is she the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter? Who is sending poison pen letters about Verity to the Plushes? Who doesn't want them to learn the truth about Verity Sparks?
'An adventure/mystery with a dash of the supernatural thrown in; The Truth About Verity Sparks is packed with chases through the dark alleys of London, séances in high-class dining rooms, pet pythons named Anthony and Cleopatra, murdered opera singers and much, much more.' (From the publisher's website.)
'Verity Sparks is a thirteen-year-old orphan working as a milliner in Victorian London. But Verity is no ordinary girl - she has an almost perfect memory and possesses the talent of Teleagtivism. She can easily find things that are lost! When Verity is wrongly accused of theft and dismissed from her job, she goes to live with the Plushes - a slightly Bohemian family who run a Confidential Inquiry Agency. Verity helps them solve cases and slowly becomes one of the family.
'But patches of the truth about her past begin to surface, along with the special talent that Professor Plush is helping her explore. Who were her real parents? Is she the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter? Who is sending poison pen letters about Verity to the Plushes? Who doesn't want them to learn the truth about Verity Sparks?
'An adventure/mystery with a dash of the supernatural thrown in; The Truth About Verity Sparks is packed with chases through the dark alleys of London, séances in high-class dining rooms, pet pythons named Anthony and Cleopatra, murdered opera singers and much, much more.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Ages: 10+
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The Truth About Verity Sparks by Susan Green
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , October 2012;
— Review of The Truth about Verity Sparks 2011 single work children's fiction -
Golden Books for Children
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 April 2012; (p. 3) -
Tall Tales on Short List
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 April 2012; (p. 46) -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Childrens' Book Council of Australia , August vol. 55 no. 3 2011; (p. 35-36)
— Review of The Truth about Verity Sparks 2011 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 26 no. 4 2011; (p. 35)
— Review of The Truth about Verity Sparks 2011 single work children's fiction
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Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 91 no. 1 2011; (p. 31)
— Review of The Truth about Verity Sparks 2011 single work children's fiction -
A Case for Girl Detectives
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 26 no. 4 2011; (p. 10-13)
— Review of A Pocketful of Eyes 2011 single work novel ; The Truth about Verity Sparks 2011 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 26 no. 4 2011; (p. 35)
— Review of The Truth about Verity Sparks 2011 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Childrens' Book Council of Australia , August vol. 55 no. 3 2011; (p. 35-36)
— Review of The Truth about Verity Sparks 2011 single work children's fiction -
The Truth About Verity Sparks by Susan Green
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , October 2012;
— Review of The Truth about Verity Sparks 2011 single work children's fiction -
Tall Tales on Short List
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 April 2012; (p. 46) -
Golden Books for Children
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 April 2012; (p. 3)
Awards
- 2012 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Younger Readers
- 2012 shortlisted Davitt Award — Best Young Adult Book
- 2012 honour book CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Younger Readers
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