The Shadow in the North
by Philip Pullman | 
The Ruby in the Smoke
by Philip Pullman | 
The Tin Princess
by Philip Pullman | 
The Printer's Devil
by Paul Bajoria | 
A Spy in the House
by Y. S. Lee | 
The Callender Papers
by Cynthia Voigt | 
The Vandemark Mummy
by Cynthia Voigt | 
The Body at the Tower
by Y. S. Lee | 
The Meaning of Night
by Michael Cox | 
Secret Money
by Lois Gladys Leppard | 
Dragons in the Waters
by Madeleine L'Engle | 
The Mansion in the Mist
by John Bellairs | 
The Gypsy Game
by Zilpha Keatley Snyder | 
The Last Dickens
by Matthew Pearl | 
The Glass of Time
by Michael Cox | 
The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman | 
Clockwork
by Philip Pullman | 
The Amber Spyglass
by Philip Pullman | 
Midnight for Charlie Bone
by Jenny Nimmo | 
Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors
by Jenny Nimmo |
As I grew to know Sally better, and as she grew up, I realised that she'd naturally become interested in social questions of every kind. She is a modern woman. And one of the biggest issues of that time - the book is set in 1881 - was the great increase in Jewish migration, following the persecutions in Russia. So that forms the background: these shiploads of suffering, exploited people drifting westwards in the hope of a better life, and all the criminal gangs making money out of swindling them, and the politicians denouncing them - why, it could be taking place today. But Sally herself, and a mystery, is at the heart of the story.