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y Bureau of Mysteries single work children's fiction children's adventure fantasy

Is part of Bureau of Mysteries H. J. Harper , 2012 series - author children's fiction (number 1 in series)

Author:agent H. J. Harper

Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 Bureau of Mysteries

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'George Feather should have known the first rule of chimney sweeping: don't fall in. Especially in Little Obscurity, a city of clockwork creatures and steam-powered villains, because who knows where you'll end up?

'Now George has uncovered a trio of eccentric codebreakers calling themselves the Bureau of Mysteries, and they've requested the young chimney sweep's assistance to stop their rivals, the Clockwork Octopus Society.

'Together with the less-than-helpful Imp Spektor, George must battle sea monsters, ghosts and dragons while breaking some fiendishly hard codes.' (From the author's website.)

Notes

Steampunk Note: This story contains resonant Victorian iconography, including chimney-sweeps, code-breakers and secret societies, while also heavily featuring the classic steampunk mix of steam power and advanced clockwork technology.

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Bureau of Mysteries and The Mechanomancers by HJ Harper Marian McGuinness , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , March 2013;
— Review of The Mechanomancers H. J. Harper , 2012 single work children's fiction ; Bureau of Mysteries H. J. Harper , 2012 single work children's fiction

Untitled Patricia Halsall , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 27 no. 1 2012; (p. 37)
— Review of Bureau of Mysteries H. J. Harper , 2012 single work children's fiction

[Untitled] Joy Steward , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 56 no. 2 2012; (p. 31-32)
— Review of Bureau of Mysteries H. J. Harper , 2012 single work children's fiction

Untitled Evie Marshall , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , Summer 2011/12 vol. 91 no. 6 2011; (p. 36)
— Review of Bureau of Mysteries H. J. Harper , 2012 single work children's fiction