| Record Number |
879268 |
| ISBN |
9781922400871 (hardback) |
| Author |
Mellor, Amelia author. |
| Title |
The bookseller's apprentice / Amelia Mellor. |
| Publisher/Date |
South Melbourne, VIC : Affirm Press, 2022. |
| ©2022 |
| Pagination etc. |
310 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Grandest bookshop in the world |
| Contents note |
Prequel to: The Grandest Bookshop in the World. |
| Summary Note |
Twelve-year-old Billy Pyke has a talent for sorting things out, whether it's his chaotic family home or the busy book stall at Paddy's Market. In 1871, the market is the loud, smelly, marvellous heart of Melbourne, and Billy is delighted to work at the book stall there for the eccentric Mr Cole. When his new friend Kezia warns him of a sinister magician called the Obscurosmith, Billy can't believe her stories of magical deals gone horribly wrong, until he sees them happening. And the night that the Obscurosmith crosses a terrifying and dangerous line, Billy realises something: if he wants the Obscurosmith stopped, he'll have to do it himself. |
| Target audience note |
9-12 years old. |
| Subject - Name |
Cole, E. W.(Edward William),1832-1918 -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject |
Eastern Market (Melbourne, Vic.) -- Juvenile fiction |
| Bookstores -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Juvenile fiction |
| Markets -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Juvenile fiction |
| Siblings -- Juvenile fiction |
| Friendship -- Juvenile fiction |
| Magic -- Juvenile fiction |
| Magicians -- Juvenile fiction |
| Swindlers and swindling -- Juvenile fiction |
| Apprentices -- Juvenile fiction |
| Booksellers and bookselling -- Juvenile fiction |
| Children's stories |
| Australian fiction |
| Melbourne (Vic.) -- History -- 1851-1901 -- Juvenile fiction |
| Fantasy fiction. |
| Historical fiction. |
| Added Author |
Mellor, Amelia Grandest bookshop in the world. |
| Shelf Location |
JF MELL |
