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The printer's devil

Marion Page

2002171 pagesabout 3–4 hours
2002
first published
  • 2002Royal Fireworks Press · 171 pages · ENGISBN 9780880924641

Fifteen-year-old Livy is plunged into adventure in 1861, when a Confederate officer in league with a Yankee counterfeiter and accompanied by a young slave boy comes to Groton, Vermont, to help the South win the Civil War by printing counterfeit money to purchase military supplies and cause inflation in the North.

How it feels

AtmosphereBleak

Worth knowing

ViolenceFrequent
Written forMiddle grade

When and where

ThemesWar

Content notes

  • Warmoderateunreviewed
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