SuitabookEvidence and authenticity
Letty has learned from her father how to tell a real antiquity from a fake and searches for pieces of a statue to establish what happened.
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Penny Boxall - Author
This is a clue-led historical adventure about a young protagonist acting under pressure to help her imprisoned father. It offers travel, ancient objects, a companionable magpie and a mystery that links art and evidence.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a clue-led historical adventure about a young protagonist acting under pressure to help her imprisoned father. It offers travel, ancient objects, a companionable magpie and a mystery that links art and evidence.
Letty has learned from her father how to tell a real antiquity from a fake and searches for pieces of a statue to establish what happened.
After her father is imprisoned, Letty escapes to France with clues and her magpie, seeking to prove his innocence.
The story begins in London in 1774 and takes Letty through Europe, with French art, Roman ruins and Greek carvings among the promised settings and objects.
The premise includes a parent being thrown into gaol, a child escaping to France, and hazardous-sounding settings such as underground mazes and misty mountains.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the book’s treatment of its main themes is not yet firm enough; some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
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