The accidental highwayman : being the tale of Kit Bristol, his horse Midnight, a mysterious princess, and sundry magical persons besides / Ben Tripp.
In eighteenth-century England, young Christopher "Kit" Bristol unwittingly takes on the task of his dead master, notorious highwayman Whistling Jack, who pledged a fairy he would rescue feisty Princess Morgana from an arranged marriage with King George III.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780765335494
- ISBN: 0765335492
- Physical Description: 303 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2014.
- Copyright: ©2014
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- A proclamation at market -- The day's second interrogation -- Rattle rides out -- The imposter -- Escape to Kingsmire -- The wrong highwayman's task -- The owl at the crossroad -- Rescue, after a fashion -- A royal wedding foretold -- Long-suffering radishes and new clothes -- The price of a button -- A parting of ways -- Up another tree -- The unlucky luncheon -- The bridge -- Designs upon women's hearts -- The three questions -- The impresario's flight -- Saved by gilt -- The best concealment -- Play-practice -- The tortoise comb -- The fell reflection -- Lily's dream -- Puggle's spectacular -- A brief and happy idyll -- Toasting the steward -- The sigilantum -- The company soon to part -- The final performance -- Captivity -- Tidings from an old acquaintance -- Being an account of my last hours -- The royal wedding -- Midnight's flight -- The Irish Sea -- The enchanted land -- Word from abroad.
- Target Audience Note:
- 950L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.8 15 171432.
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- Subject:
- Outlaws > Fiction.
Adventure and adventurers > Fiction.
Fairies > Fiction.
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Princesses > Fiction.
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Brigands and robbers > Fiction.
Great Britain > History > George III, 1760-1820 > Fiction. - Genre:
- Action and adventure fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Young adult fiction.
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- 11 of 11 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | JUV FIC TRIPP (Text) | 36015000192860 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | YA TRI (Text) | 50503300371293 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Black Mountain Library | YA TRI (Text) | 0020510624255 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Dunn Public Library | YA F Tri (Text) | 33436001612750 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Fletcher Branch | TRI (Text) | 33258007517472 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| J.C. Holliday Library | YA F Tri (Text) | 810191001332932 | Young Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Lenoir Library | YA TRIPP Ben (Text) | 50669011882041 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Moss Memorial Library | YA TRI (Text) | 80605001513364 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Murphy Public Library | YA F TRI (Text) | 80605000363951 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| South Granville Branch Library | YA Sci-Fi/Fan TRIPP (Text) | 42756201884563 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
