The New Cut Gang is a group of urchins ranging from 6-year-old Sharkey Bob to 13-year-old Bridie Malone. Grade 3-5-This is the first title in a new detective series by Philip Pullman set in Victorian England.

The New Cut Gang is a group of urchins ranging from 6-year-old Sharkey Bob to 13-year-old Bridie Malone. They inhabit the streets around Lambeth Walk and the New Cut. In 1892. Both plots are liberally laced with comic conversations and some serious sleuthing.

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Thunderbolt's Waxwork by Philip Pullman (Paperback, 1996). Author:Pullman, Philip. The New Cut Gang is a group of urchins ranging from 6-year-old Sharkey Bob to 13-year-old Bridie Malone. Each month we recycle over . million books, saving over 12,500 tonnes of books a year from going straight into landfill sites. All of our paper waste is recycled and turned into corrugated cardboard. In 1892, it is a place full of gangsters, bookies, pickpockets, swindlers, horse thieves and the occasional tentative policeman.

In contrast to the high fantasy of THE GOLDEN COMPASS, Pullman's THUNDERBOLT'S WAXWORK is a Victorian adventure story full of gritty turn-of-the-century realism. Yet, like his fantasies, Pullman fills this young-adult thriller with rich characterization and a magically engaging story, brought even more alive by the skillful narration of British actor Nigel Anthony.

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Written by Philip Pullman, narrated by Robert Glenister. Thunderbolt's Waxwork. Narrated by: Robert Glenister. Series: The New Cut Gang, Book 1. Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins. Categories: Children, Fiction.

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Philip Pullman, Mark Thomas. The New Cut Gang is a loose group of urchins ranging from 6-year-old Sharky Bob to 13-year-old Bridie Malone. They inhabit the streets around Lambeth Walk and the New Cut in 1892, a place bristling with gangsters, bookies, pickpockets, horse thieves and the occasional policeman.