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Title details for The Fearsome Firebird by Lauren Oliver - Available

The Fearsome Firebird

The Fearsome Firebird

#3 in series

by Lauren Oliver
H. C. Chester
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In this third book in the exceptional Curiosity House mystery series by bestselling author Lauren Oliver and mysterious recluse H. C. Chester, four children must uncover the evil Nicholas Rattigan's newest dastardly scheme, wage war with a rival freak show, and deal with a spy who may have infiltrated their happy home.

Sam, Philippa, Thomas, and Max have just started to recover from their capture and subsequent escape from Rattigan. But the children's lives don't stay quiet for long.

A slew of bank robberies is terrorizing the city. And when Professor Farnum, the ringmaster of the museum's now immensely popular flea circus, is charged with murder, the search for the real killer uncovers a plot much bigger than any individual crime—a plot that can only be the work of Nicholas Rattigan.

This is the third book in the series and contains even more exciting marvels, such as:

  • A nefarious spy within the museum
  • A very unfortunate flea circus
  • The heavenly Georgie Rawls, from the original cast of Last Chance
  • A beautiful and mysterious tattooed lady

    • It continues not to have:

  • A comprehensive review of the top ten toothbrushes
  • A heaping bowl of sugarless cereal
  • A long and boring family vacation
  • A handmade, scratchy wool sweater

    • Learn more about the series online at www.thecuriosityhouse.com

    • Creators

    • Series

      Curiosity House

    • Publisher

    • Release date

      April 11, 2017

    • Formats

      • OverDrive Listen audiobook

        • ISBN: 9780062661784
        • File size: 220461 KB
        • Duration: 07:39:17

    • Languages

      • English

    • Reviews

      • Kirkus

        January 15, 2017
        Set in the 1930s, this third book of the Curiosity House series continues to follow four orphans who are performers and residents of Dumfrey's Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders. In the previous book, the orphans, Sam, Max, Thomas, and Pippa, only barely escaped capture by the mad scientist Nicholas Rattigan, who vanished after murdering Sam's parents. Under the protection of their new caretaker, Mr. Dumfrey, head of the museum, the children are rallying to move on from their grief when a mysterious string of robberies hits close to home. After someone poisons and kills all of Gen. Farnum's fleas from his world-famous flea circus, Farnum is arrested for murder. Knowing Farnum is incapable of such an act, and after the occurrence of a second murder while he's in jail, the orphans suspect that Rattigan may be lurking about yet again. These events lead the orphans to discover the tragic origins of their exceptional abilities, and they find themselves racing to uncover a deadly plot that could lead to the destruction of New York City. The plot is somewhat engaging in building suspense as the orphans attempt to unveil the hidden traitors, but the delivery of a dark reveal about the orphans is derailed by repetitive foreshadowing that establishes a predictable outcome. In the end, whimsy and a quick pace fail to compensate for the plot's shortcomings. Continued reliance on formula makes this third outing too much like the first two. (Historical fiction. 8-12)

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      • The Horn Book

        July 1, 2017
        When a fellow member of Dumfrey's Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders is arrested for murder, Sam, Philippa, Thomas, and Max search for the real killer--only to discover evil Rattigan has returned to wreak havoc on NYC. Like The Shrunken Head and The Screaming Statue, this third mystery is quick paced, with full-page black-and-white crosshatched illustrations highlighting the action.

        (Copyright 2017 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

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