For nearly a century, Victorian London relied on "climbing boys," orphans owned by chimney sweeps, to clean flues. Eleven-year-old Nan Sparrow is one of the best--and a girl. During a near-deadly fire, a mysterious creature--a...

Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard: A Peter Nimble Adventure von Auxier, Jonathan

Nan Sparrow is one of London's countless "climbers" - children who spend their days cleaning chimneys. The work is brutal and dangerous. Thanks to her wits and will, Nan has managed to beat the deadly odds time and time again. But when...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Gardener, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes is the utterly beguiling tale of a ten-year-old blind orphan who has been schooled in a life of thievery. One fateful afternoon, he...