by Philip Pullman · Scholastic · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780439943666
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«The Ruby in the Smoke» is Philip Pullman's young adult mystery novel, published by Scholastic in paperback (209 pages, in English).
Set in 1872, Sally Lockhart, a sixteen-year-old girl, receives an anonymous letter after her father's death; its warning makes a man die of fright at her feet. Determined to learn the truth, Sally traverses the underworld of London, an Indian palace, and the opium dens of China until she reaches a blood-stained ruby.
The book is the first installment in the Sally Lockhart series. The edition is linked to the BBC adaptation starring Billie Piper. The book won the IRA Children’s and Young Adult’s Book Award.
Recommended reading for a young audience aged 10 to 16 who enjoy historical mystery and adventure.
Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman is an English writer. He is best known for the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials. The first volume, Northern Lights (1995), won the Carnegie Medal and later the "Carnegie of Carnegies". The third volume, The Amber Spyglass (2000), won the Whitbread Award. In 2017, he started a companion trilogy, The Book of Dust, of which the final novel, The Rose Field, was published in October 2025.
