An exciting new middle-grade historical adventure from the bestselling author of Darwin's
Dragons . London 1666 When fire breaks out eleven-year-old Gil is separated from his
family in the chaos. One of his few remaining possessions is a mysterious ball of rock that
fell from the sky. As he races to beat the inferno spreading across the city neither he
nor his new friend Jennet has any idea that the stone in his satchel is an unhatched bird of
myth and fire. And that there are some who will stop at nothing to get their hands on a
legendary phoenix . . . The fourth middle-grade historical adventure by hugely successful
and critically acclaimed Lindsay Galvin. A unique spin on the infamous tragedy with Galvin’s
original mix of mythology history and science. The Great Fire of London is a favourite
National Curriculum teaching topic. A touching animal friendship at the heart of the story.
PRAISE FOR LINDSAY GALVIN: ‘Galvin is a thrilling storyteller’ TELEGRAPH ‘Breathtakingly
daring and imaginative’ BOOKTRUST
