The Magnificent Lizzie Brown and the Mysterious Phantom (19 page)

Becky just nodded weakly and let loose a fresh flood of tears.

I should never have let her come
, Lizzie thought.
She's brave, but she ain't in strong enough shape for this.

Without Becky at their side, Hari, Dru, and Lizzie crept quickly through the cemetery toward where they'd seen the two men before. Dru grabbed Lizzie's arm and silently pointed out a dark shape passing between the trees.

“Is that them?” whispered Hari.

As if in answer, a low and angry growl came from a nearby clutch of bushes. Lizzie barely had time to register that the hound was closer than she'd expected before it ran out, terrifyingly huge against the night sky.

“The Devil's Hound!” Lizzie gasped.

The phantom dog snarled furiously, then ran, and leaped at her . . .

The Magnificent Lizzie Brown is published in the United States in 2015
by Capstone Young Readers,
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First published in 2014 by Curious Fox,
an imprint of Capstone Global Library
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Text © Hothouse Fiction Ltd 2014
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lockwood, Vicki, author.
The magnificent Lizzie Brown and the mysterious phantom / by Vicki Lockwood ; illustrated by Stephanie Hans.
pages cm. -- (The magnificent Lizzie Brown)
Summary: In nineteenth-century London Lizzie Brown wants nothing more than to escape from the slums and her drunk, abusive father, so finding work and friends in a passing circus seems like a dream come true — but when she starts to have visions she finds herself confronting the mysterious phantom of London.
ISBN 978-1-4342-7940-8 (library binding)
ISBN 978-1-62370-069-0 (paper over board)
ISBN 978-1-4342-7942-2 (paperback)
ISBN 978-1-4965-0099-1 (ebook PDF)
ISBN 978-1-62370-278-6 (ebook)
1. Psychic ability--Juvenile fiction. 2. Circus--Juvenile fiction. 3. Criminals--Juvenile fiction. 4. London (England)--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction. [1. Mystery and detective stories. 2. Psychic ability--Fiction. 3. Circus--Fiction. 4. Criminals--Fiction. 5. London England)--History--19th century--Fiction. 6. Great Britain--History--19th century--Fiction.] I. Hans, Stephanie, illustrator. II. Title.
PZ7.L8192Mag 2014
813.6--dc23
2013050830

Cover illustration:
Stephanie Hans
Designer:
Kristi Carlson