Spring-Heeled Jack
Philip Pullman. Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, $9.95 (112pp) ISBN 978-0-375-81601-7
Several novels make a welcome reappearance. Spring-Heeled Jack (first published in the U.S. in 1991) by Whitbread Award-winning author Philip Pullman, illus. by David Mostyn, tracks the Victorian hero's attempts to save three orphans alone on the streets of London. Comic book-style illustrations are interspersed throughout. (Apr.)
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Reviewed on: 04/08/2002
Genre: Children's
Hardcover - 112 pages - 978-0-375-91601-4
Paperback - 112 pages - 978-0-440-41881-8
Paperback - 144 pages - 978-0-241-36231-0