Letty and the Mystery of the Golden Thread
An exciting historical adventure
Penny Boxall
- Anybody
- who
- found
- themselves
- in
- the
- rigging
- of
- the
- good
- ship
- Lotus
- very
- early
- that
- morning
- would
- have
- seen
- an
- unusual
- sight:
- a
- shy,
- plump
- girl
- with
- a
- magpie
- fidgeting
- on
- her
- shoulder,
- holding
- in
- her
- hand
- a
- glinting
- coin…We
- begin
- in
- LONDON,
- 1774.Twelve-year-old
- Lettice
- Breech
- is
- excited
- to
- visit
- Europe
- with
- her
- Pa,
- who
- is
- eternally
- fascinated
- by
- ancient
- objects.
- Together
- they’re
- going
- to
- admire
- breathtaking
- French
- art,
- astounding
- Roman
- ruins,
- and
- spectacular
- Greek
- carvings.But
- their
- plans
- are
- dashed
- when
- part
- of
- a
- famous
- statue
- is
- exposed
- as
- a
- forgery,
- and
- Pa
- is
- thrown
- in
- gaol
- for
- the
- crime.Pa
- has
- taught
- Letty
- how
- to
- tell
- a
- real
- antiquity
- from
- a
- fake,
- but
- she
- needs
- the
- other
- pieces
- of
- the
- statue
- to
- prove
- it.
- So
- she
- escapes
- to
- France
- with
- only
- a
- notebook
- of
- clues
- in
- her
- pocket,
- and
- her
- pet
- magpie
- for
- company.Soon
- Letty
- is
- whisked
- from
- her
- quiet
- life
- on
- an
- adventure
- to
- bustling
- cities,
- underground
- mazes,
- and
- misty
- mountains.
- But
- can
- she
- unravel
- the
- mystery
- of
- the
- statue,
- and
- prove
- Pa’s
- innocence
- before
- it’s
- too
- late?LETTY
- AND
- THE
- GOLDEN
- THREAD
- is
- an
- exciting,
- continent-traversing
- adventure
- from
- debut
- talent,
- Penny
- Boxall;
- perfect
- for
- fans
- of
- Netflix’s
- plucky
- ENOLA
- HOLMES,
- Hana
- Tooke's
- THE
- UNADOPTABLES,
- and
- the
- caper
- of
- Katherine
- Rundell's ROOFTOPPERS.
