{"product_id":"the-weed-that-strings-the-hangmans-bag-a-flavia-de-luce-novel-paperback","title":"The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag: A Flavia de Luce Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Bradley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - \"Flavia is incisive, cutting and hilarious . . . one of the most remarkable creations in recent literature.\"--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFlavia de Luce, a dangerously smart eleven-year-old with a passion for chemistry and a genius for solving murders, thinks that her days of crime-solving in the bucolic English hamlet of Bishop's Lacey are over--until beloved puppeteer Rupert Porson has his own strings sizzled in an unfortunate rendezvous with electricity. But who'd do such a thing, and \u003ci\u003ewhy\u003c\/i\u003e? Does the madwoman who lives in Gibbet Wood know more than she's letting on? What about Porson's charming but erratic assistant? All clues point toward a suspicious death years earlier and a case the local constables can't solve--without Flavia's help. But in getting so close to who's secretly pulling the strings of this dance of death, has our precocious heroine finally gotten in way over her head? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Alan Bradley's \u003ci\u003eA Red Herring Without Mustard, \u003c\/i\u003ediscussion questions, and an essay by the author.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Bradley\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of many short stories, children's stories, newspaper columns, and the memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Shoebox Bible\u003c\/i\u003e. His first Flavia de Luce novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, \u003c\/i\u003ereceived the Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger Award, the Dilys Award, the Arthur Ellis Award, the Agatha Award, the Macavity Award, and the Barry Award, and was nominated for the Anthony Award. His other Flavia de Luce novels are \u003ci\u003eThe Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag, A Red Herring Without Mustard\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI Am Half-Sick of Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpeaking from Among the Bones, The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches, As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust, Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Grave's a Fine and Private Place, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as the ebook short story \"The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.02 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 08, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755672273184,"sku":"9780385343459","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/10a92d45bd89f76f708ef99cd26cbea2.webp?v=1780065449","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-weed-that-strings-the-hangmans-bag-a-flavia-de-luce-novel-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}