The story of Cirrus Flux

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Title:

The story of Cirrus Flux

Author:

Skelton, Matthew.

Personal Author:

Skelton, Matthew.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publication Information:

New York : Delacorte Press, [2009]

Physical Description:

288 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Summary:

In 1783 London, the destiny of an orphaned boy and girl becomes intertwined as the boy, Cirrus Flux, is pursued by a sinister woman mesmerist, a tiny man with an all-seeing eye, and a skull-collecting scoundrel, all of whom believe that he possesses an orb containing a divine power.

Language:

English

Contents:

The gallows tree -- The girl behind the curtain -- Blackguards! -- The house in Midas Row -- Mr. Leechcraft -- Twelve years earlier -- The House of Mesmerism -- Black Mary's hole -- Across London -- The dark room -- The silver timepiece -- Twelve years earlier -- The boy who did not exist -- The face at the window -- Cirrus, alone -- The scioptric eye -- The hall of wonders -- The moon-sail -- Eleven years earlier -- The halcyon bird -- The hanging boy -- The fallen angel -- The celestial chamber -- Escape! -- The breath of God -- H-O-P-E.

Reading Level:

840 Lexile.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.0 10.0 135950.

Reading Counts RC 3-5 5.5 14 Quiz: 49361.

Subject Term:

Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.

Supernatural -- Juvenile fiction.

Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction -- Juvenile fiction.

Orphans -- Fiction.

Paranormal fiction.

Adventure stories -- Fiction.