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The Printer's Devil Sparknotes

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The book that I will be doing is, “The Printer’s Devil”, by Paul Bajoria. The genre is historical fiction, but not to that extent. Also, you could call it an action-packed book, filled with mysterious, but the book ties in with historical fiction. The book takes place in the Victorian Era in the city of London, in 1837-1901. Overall, the time period of this book was in the 19th century. The setting is mostly set in a vintage, old newspaper printing, or stamping, shop. The main character would obviously be the printer’s devil, a young boy named, Mog Winter. He is seemingly supposed to have blonde hair, an old-fashioned cap, and a fantastic artist. He is twelve years old and is about an average height for a 12 year old boy. He is an apprentice of a middle-aged man, Mr. Cramplock, the printer, so that’s how he got the nickname of the “printer’s devil.” You’re probably wondering, why is he working at this age? Well, he is an orphan, so he is trying to take care of himself by doing work. Cockburn, along with many other striking villians, is the MAIN villain in this book, in which Mog tries to warn the people of London, to …show more content…

In the chest, he cuts his finger on what he thinks is a large knife. Hours later, when a man opens the chest, Mog jumps out grabbing what he thought was a knife but was actually a sword covered in his blood. Seeing a blood-covered sword scared the man, and Mog escaped. On his way home, Mog spots a child his age and with a strikingly similar appearance peering up at him from a cellar. With the help of the child, Nick, he removes the barrel that is blocking the trap door to the cellar. Once Nick is freed, the boys steal a camel from Nick's father, the insidious Bosun, and Nick's caretaker, Mrs. Muggerage who is too terrible to describe. Though seemingly just a brass camel, they will learn that this is not so. The camel is filled a mysterious, flour-like white

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