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Mirror, Mirror

Mirror, Mirror

Apprentices #2
Historical FictionJuvenile
Pages
48
Published
1976
Language
English

Synopsis

Young Nightingale arrives from the country to begin his seven-year apprenticeship with Mr. Paris, a master carver of mirror frames. On his first night, a broken mirror portends bad luck, and he finds himself bewildered by the tricks of Lucinda, his master's pretty daughter. As Lucinda's games with mirrors and reflections take a nasty turn, Nightingale must gather his wits to turn the tables on her in this comic story of eighteenth-century London.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

WhimsicalAdventurousLighthearted
Coming of AgeFish Out of WaterRivals

Genres

Historical Fiction Juvenile Adventure

Authors

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Antony Maitland

Antony Maitland writes stories like "The Lamplighter's Funeral" and "Mirror, Mirror." His books are often talked about for their memorable plots and straightforward style.

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Leon Garfield

Leon Garfield was a British writer of fiction. He is best known for children's historical novels, though he also wrote for adults. Garfield's novels for children all have historical settings, mainly in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The novels were greatly influenced by both Charles Dickens and Robert Louis Stevenson. Garfield wrote his first book, the pirate novel _Jack Holborn_, for adult readers, but an editor saw its potential as a children's novel and persuaded Garfiel...

Characters

The NightingaleProtagonist
LucindaAntagonist
Mrs. ParisSupporting
All characters in Mirror, Mirror