Letty and the Mystery of the Golden Thread av Penny Boxall

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<p><b><i>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¿</i></b><br><br><b>We begin in LONDON, 1774.</b><br><br>Twelve-year-old Lettice Breech is excited to visit Europe with her Pa - a collector of ancient objects. Together they¿re going to admire breathtaking French art, astounding Roman ruins, and spectacular Greek carvings.<br><br>But their plans are dashed when a famous statue is exposed as a forgery, and Pa is thrown in gaol for the crime.<br><br>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.<br><br>Soon Letty is whisked from her quiet life on an adventure to bustling cities, underground mazes, and misty mountains. But can she unravel the