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Once a Monster

by Robert Dinsdale

Age band: 13+

Looky Rating System: Violence 3/5, Love & Romance 0/5, Mental Health 2/5, Language 2/5, Substance Use 0/5, Fear / Horror 3/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 4/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 0/5, Sci-Fi / Futuristic 0/5, Disability & Neurodiversity 1/5.

Description

‘Robert Dinsdale mixes history and mythology with great panache . . . Richly textured and with an appropriately labyrinthine plot . . . Book of the Month’ Sunday TimesMan or monster? Hero or villain?London, 1861: Ten-year-old Nell belongs to a crew of mudlarks who work a stretch of the Thames along the Ratcliffe Highway.