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The Ruby in the Smoke
First edition
AuthorPhilip Pullman
IllustratorFred Booth
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesSally Lockhart series
GenreMystery, young adult novel
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date
1985
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages200 pp
ISBN0-19-271543-7
OCLC59171883
Followed byThe Shadow in the North 

The Ruby in the Smoke (1985) is a novel by the English author Philip Pullman. It went on to win the 1987 Lancashire Children's Book of the Year Award.[1] It was also adapted for television in 2006. This book is the first of the Sally Lockhart Quartet. It is followed by The Shadow in the North, The Tiger in the Well and The Tin Princess. The book was also adapted for the stage at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2016.[2]

  1. ^ "Lancashire Children's Book of the Year". Archived from the original on 26 June 2007.
  2. ^ "Philip Pullman's the Ruby in the Smoke | Theatre | Edinburgh Festival Fringe". Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

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