Plot:
When Sherlock Holmes vanishes, Archie Wiggins and a few other misfit urchins who become the Raven League must take matters in their own hands and uncover the mystery. Aimed at readers ages nine and up, The Raven League is set in the world of Sherlock Holmes's London, but from a very different perspective, that of four misfit children living in the city's poverty-stricken East End. by Alex Simmons and Bill McCay A middle grade mystery novel, COMING APRIL 20, 2006 Format: Hardcover Archie Wiggins, Cockney born and bred, led the Baker Street Irregulars, Sherlock Holmes's eyes and ears on the streets. But when death and deceit destroy that group, Wiggins must find new allies: a spunky ten-year-old Irish lad, a very bright girl fresh from the English countryside, and the daredevil son of interracial parents. Thrown together by circumstances, bound by wit and will, these four young sleuths fight evil from the lowest back-slum thugs to a menacing order of international assassins. After the Raven League spreads its wings, old London town will never be the same.