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The hunchback assignments 2 is much recommended to you to see. Its three sequels were all finalists for the canadian library associations book of the year for children award, and the dark deeps was also a finalist for the cla young adult book award. Embers end, a graphic novel based on the characters from the hunchback assignments trilogy. After previous assignments in london, the depths of the atlantic ocean, and the australian rain forest, this final adventure in the hunchback assignments series finds our hero, shapeshifting, masked spy modo, on his most personal quest. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Award winning arthur slade delivers another amazing modo adventure within a playful western motif that provides satisfying plot twists, relatable. Read mission clockwork by arthur slade available from rakuten kobo.
The dark deeps, the second book in arthur slades hunchback assignments series, is set in a fascinating steampunk victorian world. Calling to mind elements of the hunchback of notre dame, the strange case of dr. Arthur gregory slade born july 9, 1967 in moose jaw, saskatchewan is a canadian author. He is the author of seventeen novels for young readers including the hunchback assignments, which won the prestigious td canadian childrens literature award, and its three sequels, and dust, winner of the.
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