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Author: Turnbull, Ann

Historical fiction (Children’s/YA)

Published on 12 September 2013 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (A & C Black (Childrens books)) in the United Kingdom as part of ‘the National Archives’ series.

Paperback | 96 pages
197 x 134 x 8 | 88g

A thrilling historical adventure based on documents from the National Archives. Orphan Sam has survived the Great Plague, but his chance at a new life goes up in smoke when a fire breaks out on Pudding Lane.

‘In sixteen hundred and sixty-six, London burned like rotten sticks.’Left alone and homeless by the Great Plague, Sam struggled to survive. He was lucky to get a job working for the Giraud family. Though Andre, the son of his boss, doesn’t make life easy. And then a fire breaks out on Pudding Lane. Before anyone fully realises what’s happening, London’s burning… and this fire can’t be put out. Now it’s time for Sam to prove what he’s really worth. If he can get out alive…

A thrilling historical adventure produced in partnership with the National Archives. Sam’s previous adventure is The Great Plague: A Cross on the Door is also available from Bloomsbury Education.