The Great Phoenix of London
by Lindsay Galvin
1666. When 11-year-old bookish Gil finds a strange 'heaven stone'by the Thames, he never thought it would hatch. Or that so soonafter the Great Plague, a small fire in London would become a deadlyinferno. Soon Gil, his phoenix, and his spiky friend Jennet mustcross the burning city and find a place where they can all besafe.
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1666. When fire breaks out, eleven-year-old Gil is separated from his family in the chaos. One of his few remaining possessions is a mysterious ball of rock that fell from the sky. As he races to beat the inferno spreading across the city, neither he, nor his new friend Jennet, has any idea that the stone in his satchel is an unhatched bird of myth and fire. And that there are some who will stop at nothing to get their hands on a legendary phoenix ...
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