The Shadow in the North (31 page)

She was blushing. She set the picture up on the table, leaning it against the wine bottle. And then she looked at them—Webster first, then Jim, then Charles—and saw the same grin on each of them. Almost as if they'd done something to be proud of—silly great things.

"So there," she said.

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THE AWARD-WINNING

SALLY LOCKHART BOOKS

by Philip Pullman

The Ruby in the Smoke

Sally Lockhart enters the seamy underworld of Victorian London in search of clues to her father's mysterious death. Pursued by villains and cutthroats at every turn, the daring sixteen-year-old heroine learns that she is the key to two dark mysteries—and it's worth her very life to find out why.

An ALA Best Book for Young Adults • A Horn Book Fanfare

Honor Book • A Booklist Editors' Choice

A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

The Tiger in the Well

Sally Lockhart, trying to put her troubled past behind her, has setded into a comfortable life with her daughter, Harriet, her career, and her London friends. But her world comes crashing down around her when a complete stranger claims to be both her husband and Harriet's father. . . .

An ALA Best Book for Young Adults

The Tin Princess featuring characters from the Sally Lockhart trilogy

Three young Londoners—^Adelaide, Becky, and Jim—^journey to a tiny country high in the mountains of Central Europe. They're an unlikely trio to lead a nation, but before long, Adelaide and her friends are forced to fight for the crown—and their very lives!

"A swashbuckling adventure story."— Booklist

PHILIP PULLMAN is the author of two more novels featuring Sally Lockhart, The Ruby in the Smoke and The Tiger in the Well, as well as a related mystery, The Tin Princess. His other books include The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass, I Was a Rat!, and Count Karlstein.

A graduate of Oxford University with a degree in English, Philip Pullman has written novels, plays, and picture books for readers of all ages. He lives with his family in England.

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