Death Cloud
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Chapter Book · Ages 12–18 · 2010 · Est. 6.5 hour read

Death Cloud

By Andrew Lane

Book #1 in the Young Sherlock Holmes series

A young detective uncovers a deadly mystery in 1868 Hampshire.

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336 pages· 72,409 words· Est. 6.5 hour read
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In the summer of 1868, fourteen-year-old Sherlock Holmes finds himself in Hampshire, staying with his peculiar relatives. When mysterious deaths resembling the plague strike, Sherlock, with the help of his tutor Amyus Crowe, dives into a perilous investigation. As he unravels the truth, he faces a cunning villain with dark intentions. Can young Sherlock solve the mystery before more lives are lost?

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It is the summer of 1868, and Sherlock Holmes is fourteen. On break from boarding school, he is staying with eccentric strangers–his uncle and aunt–in their vast house in Hampshire. When two local people die from symptoms that resemble the plague, Holmes begins to investigate what really killed them, helped by his new tutor, an American named Amyus Crowe. So begins Sherlock’s true education in detection, as he discovers the dastardly crimes of a brilliantly sinister villain of exquisitely malign intent.

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Format
Paperback
Pages
336
Words
72,409
Reading age
12–18
Audience
Young Adult
Lexile
940L
Themes & topics
Books about cultureBooks about deathBooks about historyBooks about violenceBooks about 19th century
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
6.3
F&P level
~V
AR points
12
AR interest level
MG+
AR quiz
142831
Publication
Published
October 25, 2011
First published
June 3, 2010
Publisher
Square Fish
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780312563714

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