![]() ![]() When the mudlark children begin disappearing, no one would care, if Sheba hadn’t met Till. ![]() These people spend entire days trolling the filthy, slimy banks and bottom of the polluted Thames River searching for any scrap that could be sold for a penny or two. Our freaks aren’t the lowest rung on the ladder in London during these times. If this hasn’t piqued your interest, the mystery certainly will. ![]() Her new family consists of a spirited, smart-mouthed, bitter Monkey-Boy Mama Rat, the pipe-smoking sweet-natured woman that appears to communicate telepathically with her “babies” six giant rats that prove ingenious and endearing Moon Girl, the soft-spoken, but surprisingly deadly ninja a gargantuan hulk of a man, Gigantus and undoubtedly the most ornery, mischievous horse that has ever existed. Luckily, we have only a glimpse of her time caged with a sickly two-headed lamb for company before she is purchased to join a much larger Freak Show. Sheba, the sweetest, kindest, most compassionate little wolf-girl to ever walk the earth, narrates for us. Despite the vast differences among them, and deplorable living conditions they offer support and form a formidable team. The most unlikely of pals, our cast of characters have been tossed together due to circumstances far beyond their control. A delightfully charming read, brimming with genuinely unique characters, who stumble onto an epic mystery and later embark on a fabulously frightening, daring adventure to solve it with the entire tale brilliantly set in London, in 1851. ![]()
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