When the mudlark children begin disappearing, no one would care, if Sheba hadn’t met Till. These people spend entire days trolling the filthy, slimy banks and bottom of the polluted Thames River searching for any scrap that could be sold for a penny or two. Our freaks aren’t the lowest rung on the ladder in London during these times. If this hasn’t piqued your interest, the mystery certainly will. Her new family consists of a spirited, smart-mouthed, bitter Monkey-Boy Mama Rat, the pipe-smoking sweet-natured woman that appears to communicate telepathically with her “babies” six giant rats that prove ingenious and endearing Moon Girl, the soft-spoken, but surprisingly deadly ninja a gargantuan hulk of a man, Gigantus and undoubtedly the most ornery, mischievous horse that has ever existed. Luckily, we have only a glimpse of her time caged with a sickly two-headed lamb for company before she is purchased to join a much larger Freak Show. Sheba, the sweetest, kindest, most compassionate little wolf-girl to ever walk the earth, narrates for us. Despite the vast differences among them, and deplorable living conditions they offer support and form a formidable team. The most unlikely of pals, our cast of characters have been tossed together due to circumstances far beyond their control. A delightfully charming read, brimming with genuinely unique characters, who stumble onto an epic mystery and later embark on a fabulously frightening, daring adventure to solve it with the entire tale brilliantly set in London, in 1851.
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