Gideon The Cutpurse

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Gideon The Cutpurse

• By Linda Buckley - Archer

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About The Author

• Linda Buckley-Archer is going to be one of the
  best writers of our time.
• She is said to be one of the new upcoming
  writers, ready to step into J.K. Rowlings place.
• Linda Buckler-Archer was born locally in Richmond
  which is very close to us.
• Linda embarked on the book whilst studying life
  in the 1700s at university whilst doing a degree
  in Physics. Using her knowledge from both of
  these subjects she conjured up this book.

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About The Book

• Gideon Seymour (the cutpurse) was actually a real
  person and was one of the most well known
  cutpurses at the time.
• There was also another book written about him in
  1790 but was never published.
• Peter Schock (our main character) is also a real
  person who Linda Buckley Archer studied at
  university with.
• This book mixes history with science and shows
  the differences between now and then.
• The book is set in the 1700s and the present day
  (at the same time).

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Genre

• This book falls into many genres it is a cross
  between a sci-fi, fantasy and adventure genre.
• Half of the book features in the 20th century
  this is more realistic with a few fantasy
  moments.
• The other half features in the 17th century which
  is realistic in those times but the thing that
  happen are a lot more sci-fi and fantasy.
• All of the characters are normal people, there
  are no fantasy characters.

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Plot

• It is Peter Shocks birthday but not one to
  remember as his father blows him out again with
  business.
• He is taken down to his Au Pair Margrits friends
  house in the countryside.
• Whilst there he meets Kate Dyer who he spends
  most of his journey with. One day he goes to Mr
  Dyers work place and Peter encounters a Van De
  Graff generator.
• But something goes wrong and Peter and Kate end
  up slap bang in the 17th century.
• At first they dont know where they are but then
  they meet Gideon Seymour.
• He takes them to London to help them find what
  they need to get home. Whilst in the 17th century
  both Kate and Peter can blur and appear as ghosts
  in the 20th century.

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• On the way to London they encounter highwaymen of
  the road who try to attack them, but Gideon saves
  the day.
• They seek the Tar man, the most feared person in
  the country, who is believed to have the Van De
  Graff generator they are looking for.
• But when they find out Gideon's old boss Lord
  Luxon has it, and Gideon gets arrested things
  dont look too great for Peter and Kate.
• Read the Book to find out what happens!

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Gideon Seymour

• Gideon Seymour is a normal 17th century cutpurse
  working for Lord Luxon.
• This is until he comes across two very strange
  children who claim they are from the future, and
  his life changes for ever.
• A man with a blond pigtail down his back was
  tending a wood fire. He had calm, deep blue eyes
  and a broad, handsome face and he did not seem to
  be the least surprised to see them.
• Gideons parents abandoned him when he was 12
  years old, he was forced to work with no pay but
  he soon ran away from his job leaving his younger
  brother Joshua.
• The only way he got anything was to steal, until
  he was caught by a man called Lord Luxon who
  treated him extremely well.
• Lord Luxon saw that Gideon had skill and hired
  him as a cutpurse, Gideon only did this because
  in return Lord Luxon would look after his brother.

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Peter Schock

• Peter was a young boy aged twelve living in
  Richmond, his mother worked in America and him
  and his dad didnt really get along, so his nanny
  Margrit looks after him.
• Peter ruffled up his long brown hair whilst
  Margrit attempted to get a comb through it
  without it getting stuck. Peter had large green
  eyes that twinkled in the light, Peter had always
  been a tall boy, ever since he could walk he was
  taller than most boys his age.
• But when Peter makes a trip to the Dyer families
  farm a series of events occurs that will stay in
  his memory for ever.

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Setting

• During the course of events in the book it does
  not stay in the same place for very long.
• There are four main places Derbyshire and London
  (20th century), Derbyshire and London (17th
  century). Quote Peter shivered, not because of
  the cold. This was his first visit to Derbyshire
  yet the landscape seemed inexplicably familiar.
• The Derbyshire in both times are very similar
  most of the building that Peter and Kate
  encounter in the 17th century still exist in the
  20th and the landscape is very familiar.
• The London however is much different, everything
  in the 17th century is much different to
  nowadays, all the streets were cobbled all the
  buildings have changed, there are only a few
  things that still exist now. Quote And then they
  saw it, the greatest city in Europe, stretched
  out below them, set against a blue horizon made
  hazy by the wood smoke of tens of thousands of
  fires. A host of church spires rose up from a
  maze of streets that described the curving
  contours of the Thames.

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Paragraph Analysis

• It is hell on earth. There is the foulest stench
  that makes those with the strongest of stomachs
  retch And the air is thick with cries and moans
  that make your heart stop with horror of it. But
  worst of all is the look in the eyes of those who
  have languished there any time.

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Recommendation

• http//www.gideonthecutpurse.com/
• This is probably the best book in the series and
  the best book I have ever read.
• It somehow funnily gives you a series of
  emotions, first anger, then sorrow, then
  happiness and so on.

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Thank You

• By Ciaran Brereton