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|title=Crow Boy

|sort=Crow Boy

|borrow=Yes

|isbn=9781905916559

|pages=218

|publisher=Fledgling Press

|date=November 2012

|website=http://www.philip-caveney.co.uk

|video=jVtGIrOYji0

|summary=Tom is on a school trip to a seventeenth century street in Edinburgh when he finds himself transported back in time—to the very moment when bubonic plague is spreading through the city. Worse still, he is forced to work for the plague doctor. The question is, can he survive long enough to find a way home?

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The book is both intriguing and thrilling. Tom is first made to earn his keep by feeding the pigs, he is treated less kindly than an animal by the sinister doctor, and at one moment he even has to flee for his life across the rooftops, but there is still time for kindness, loyalty and friendship. Tom even begins to learn a little compassion for the people who commit crimes simply because they would otherwise starve. It is a rich, satisfying book, with lots of layers and plenty to think and talk about, and it deserves to be as popular with readers as Mr Caveney's other excellent books.

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