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Wrong Tracks
288 pages, Paperback
Published January 9, 2025
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Susan Brownrigg
7 books7 followersSusan Brownrigg is a Lancashire lass. She is the author of the Gracie Fairshaw mystery series - set in 1930s Blackpool - and Kintana and the Captain's Curse, a pirate treasure hunt with lemurs set in Madagascar.
Susan is a member of SCBWI British Isles and featured in the Undiscovered Voices 2016 anthology. She was awarded the Margaret Carey Scolarship in 2015.
Susan has worked as a journalist and sub-editor, she also worked in a number of heritage and wildlife education roles including jobs at Blackpool Zoo, Tatton Park, Quarry Bank Mill and Norton Priory Museum & Gardens. She now works as a library assistant.
She is a member of the Time Tunnellers historical authors group.
Susan is a member of SCBWI British Isles and featured in the Undiscovered Voices 2016 anthology. She was awarded the Margaret Carey Scolarship in 2015.
Susan has worked as a journalist and sub-editor, she also worked in a number of heritage and wildlife education roles including jobs at Blackpool Zoo, Tatton Park, Quarry Bank Mill and Norton Priory Museum & Gardens. She now works as a library assistant.
She is a member of the Time Tunnellers historical authors group.
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April 7, 2025
Oh my goodness, I don't think I could love this book more! Edward Entwistle (based on a real boy!) tells tall tales, but his gumption is what appeals to George Stephenson, the pioneering engineer of rail travel.
As someone who knew embarrassingly little about this particular chapter of Victorian innovation, I loved this front row seat to the famous Rainhill Trials - the engineers and their engines, the secrets and sabotage, the fierce rivalries and daring risks. Edward's friendship with resourceful and plucky Prudence feels very authentic, too, giving us two brilliant characters to root for. This book has high pace action and high-stake drama to burn! Highly, highly recommended. I have read all of Brownrigg's books. I think this is the best one yet, and that is saying something!
As someone who knew embarrassingly little about this particular chapter of Victorian innovation, I loved this front row seat to the famous Rainhill Trials - the engineers and their engines, the secrets and sabotage, the fierce rivalries and daring risks. Edward's friendship with resourceful and plucky Prudence feels very authentic, too, giving us two brilliant characters to root for. This book has high pace action and high-stake drama to burn! Highly, highly recommended. I have read all of Brownrigg's books. I think this is the best one yet, and that is saying something!
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