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The Great Phoenix of London Historical fiction books Casablanca he doesn't think much ofAn exciting new middle grade historical adventure from the bestselling author of Darwin's Dragons. 1666. When 11 year old bookish Gil finds a strange heaven stone by the Thames, he never thought it would hatch. Or that so soon after the Great Plague, a small fire in London would become a deadly inferno. Soon Gil, his phoenix, and his spiky friend Jennet must cross the burning city, avoid a terrifying mob, and find a place where they can all be safe.