Higgins, F. E.

The Black Book of Secrets / F.E. Higgins. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2007. - viii, 273 p. ; 22 cm.

When Ludlow Fitch runs away from his thieving parents in the City, he meets up with the mysterious Joe Zabbidou, who calls himself a secret pawnbroker, and who takes Ludlow as an apprentice to record the confessions of the townspeople of Pagus Parvus, where resentments are many and trust is scarce.

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Secrecy--Juvenile fiction.
Pawnbrokers--Juvenile fiction.
Apprentices--Juvenile fiction.
Secrets--Fiction.
Pawnbrokers--Fiction.
Apprentices--Fiction.


Children's stories.

PZ7.H534924 / Bl 2007

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