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22) Oliver Twist
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Orphan boy cruelly treated--runs away to London. Falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves. But is befriended by a man who they have robbed & in the end learns his true identity and gains a home, a fortune & a family.
23) Everland
Author
Series
Everland volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
London is a ruin, destroyed by German bombs, ravaged by the Horologia virus, and ruled by the ruthless Captain Hanz Otto Oswald Kretschmer, whose Marauders search for and seize the children who are immune to the virus in the hope that their blood will produce a cure--their latest victim is sixteen-year-old Gwen Darling's younger sister and Gwen will do anything to get her back, even join up with Pete and his gang of Lost Boys living in a city hidden...
24) The goldfish boy
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Emotionally crippled by his obsessive-compulsive disorder, teenager Matthew Corbin rarely leaves his room on a cul-de-sac in London, and he passes the day observing and writing down his neighbors' doings from his window--but when a toddler staying next door disappears Matt is the key to solving a mystery and possibly saving a child's life...if he can manage to expose himself, and his secret guilt to the outside world.
Author
Series
Wishes and Wellingtons volume 1
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Maeve Merritt, chafing against the rigid rules of her London boarding school, finds her life transformed by the genie she happens upon--and by those who want to steal him.
26) Scorpia
Author
Series
Alex Rider adventures volume 5
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Language
English
Description
After being told that his father was an assassin for a criminal organization, fourteen-year-old Alex goes to Italy to find out more and becomes involved in a plan to kill thousands of English schoolchildren.
Author
Series
Other side (Amy Ephron) volume 3
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Tess and Max encounter a new adventure through time, this time in London at Christmas"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Prince Alfred has never left the safety of Buckingham Palace. But there are strange goings on inside the palace walls--and Alfred's life is about to change forever. In the dead of night something terrible stalks the corridors. When Alfred's beloved mother the queen is dragged off...the boy must summon all his courage to embark on an epic quest to save her...and the entire world"--
Author
Series
Sally Lockhart quartet volume 1
Pub. Date
©1985
Language
English
Description
In nineteenth-century London, sixteen-year-old Sally, a recent orphan, becomes involved in a deadly search for a mysterious ruby.
31) Dust
Author
Series
Heirs of Neverland volume 1
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The truth about Neverland is far more dangerous than a fairy tale. Claire Kenton believes the world is too dark for magic to be real--since her twin brother was stolen away as a child. Now Claire's desperate search points to London ... and a boy who shouldn't exist. Peter Pan is having a beastly time getting back to Neverland. Grounded in London and hunted by his own Lost Boys, Peter searches for the last hope of restoring his crumbling island: a...
Author
Series
Sally Lockhart quartet volume 2
Pub. Date
©1988
Language
English
Description
In 1878 in London, Sally, now twenty-two and established in her own business, and her companions Frederick and Jim try to solve the mystery surrounding the unexpected collapse of a shipping firm and its ties to a sinister corporation called North Star.
33) The crown heist
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"No matter how dangerous his adventures have been, Art has always been able to count on his best friend, Camille. Now that Camille is meeting her estranged father, Art wants to be there for her--which means going to London. But Camille's history professor father, renowned for expertise in British legend, is missing. When they visit his apartment, Art and Camille find a long-missing object that suggests the professor could be in trouble and solving...
34) London art chase
Author
Series
Glimmer girls volume 1
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Ten-year-old twins Mia and Maddie and their little sister Lulu head to London for the first time to watch mom, famous singer Gloria Glimmer, perform. But on a day trip to the National Gallery, Maddie witnesses what she believes to be an art theft and takes her sisters and their beloved and wacky nanny Miss Julia on a wild and crazy adventure as they follow the supposed thief to his lair"--
35) The upper world
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Today; During arguably the worst week of Esso's life, an accident knocks him into an incredible world--a place beyond space or time, where he can see glimpses of the past and future. But if what he sees there is true, he might not have much longer to live, unless he can use his new gift to change the course of history. Tomorrow; Rhia's past is filled with questions, none of which she expects a new physics tutor to answer. But Dr. Esso's not here to...
Author
Series
Royal Rabbits of London volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Life is an adventure. Anything in the world is possible by will and by luck, with a moist carrot, a wet nose, and a slice of mad courage. Shylo Tawny-Tail is proud to call himself one of the Royal Rabbits of London, a secret order of rabbits who live under Buckingham Palace and protect the royal family. But high up in London's famous skyscraper the Shard, the Ratzis are devising an evil plot to cause chaos during a visit from the president of the...
38) Night flights
Author
Series
Hungry city chronicles. Novellas volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In a dangerous future world where gigantic, motorized cities attack and devour each other, London hunts where no other predator dares. But Anna Fang -- pilot, adventurer, spy -- isn't afraid. These three stories show gripping, moving, exciting moments in Anna Fang's life: her childhood as a slave aboard the moving city Arkangel, a showdown against a robotic Stalker that is terrifyingly out of control, and her free life as an intelligence agent for...
40) Freefall
Author
Series
Tunnels volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the follow-up to "Deeper," Will and Chester are tumbling through the subterranean Pore with the evil Rebecca twins in hot pursuit, both toting phials of the lethal Dominion virus. When, where, will they ever land?! Illustrations.
As fourteen-year-old archaeologist Will and his friends plummet down a subterranean pore, they face deadly creatures and discover a strange fungal shelf, which not only reveals artifacts from ancient civilizations, but...
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