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The Freaks are a lonely band of misfits, trapped in a Victorian sideshow known as Plumpscuttle’s Peculiars. There’s Sheba, a kind-hearted, wolf-girl with an amazing sense of smell; Sister Moon, an ex-assassin; and Monkey Boy, hygienically challenged but nimble and quick-witted. Together they are a force to be reckoned with.

In a world of thieves, grave-robbers and child-snatchers, the Freaks decide to put their extraordinary talents to use - to solve the mysteries that no one else cares about. Join them here in the first of their incredible, freaktastic first adventure!

The winner of The Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition 2011, Freaks is a richly imagined gothic mystery set in the grime of Victorian London.

It stars the most unlikely band of heroes, determined to investigate the crimes in which no one else is interested: the stealing of poor children from the banks of the Thames.

Shades of the X Men meets Oliver Twist with a whiff of Lemony Snicket!