What the Dickens!

Year of Publication
1991
Publication Type
Novel
Number of Pages or Episodes
153 p.
Language
English
Contributors Author: Jane Louise Curry
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
City
New York
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Abstract
In March of 1842, Charles Dickens is on the Pittsburgh leg of his American tour. Twins Cherry and Sam Dobbs learn of a Harrisburg bookseller’s plot to pilfer Dickens’ newly finished novel, and follow Dickens down the Juniata River trying to recover the manuscript.
Author Biography
Jane Louise Curry (1932— ) was born in East Liverpool, Ohio, and grew up in Kittanning, Armstrong County and Johnstown, Cambria County. She studied at Penn State, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, UCLA, the University of London, and Stanford. She's written over 30 books for children and teens, especially plots that feature, she says, “time slips into the past, mystery, danger, and narrow escapes.” She divides her time between London and Los Angeles.
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1842
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