Clara Mackintosh
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Clara Mackintosh is the younger sister of title character Johnny Mackintosh
in the series of books by English novelist Keith Mansfield
, published by Quercus Books
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Clara appears early in Johnny Mackintosh and the Spirit of London
, the first book of the series, as a pupil at the Proteus Institute for the Gifted (located near the fictional town of Yarnton Hill in southwest England). Johnny finds her and together they leave Earth in a space elevator
and their adventures begin..
Clara is portrayed as having blonde hair, blue eyes (inlaid with silver flecks) and pale skin, unblemished apart from a pattern of seven freckles on the inside of her left shin in the shape of the constellation the Plough (her 'Starmark'). In the books she is described as ‘Owlein’, meaning she has the extremely rare ability to ‘fold’ space. She lives aboard the spaceship the Spirit of London, from the outside a carbon copy of the skyscraper known as the London Gherkin
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Johnny Mackintosh
Johnny Mackintosh is the fictional hero of a series of books by English novelist Keith Mansfield, published by Quercus Books.The first title in the series, Johnny Mackintosh and the Spirit of London, opens on his thirteenth birthday and finds Johnny living in Halader House, a children’s home in the...
in the series of books by English novelist Keith Mansfield
Keith Mansfield (writer)
Keith Mansfield, born in Scunthorpe, England in 1965, is an English writer and publisher. He is the author of the Johnny Mackintosh series of novels, has scripted several television programmes and is also the publisher for mathematics books at Oxford University Press.His first novel, Johnny...
, published by Quercus Books
Quercus (publisher)
Quercus Publishing Plc is an independent publishing house, based in London.It was founded in 2004 by Mark Smith and Wayne Davies, who had previously worked together at the Orion Publishing Group.It is known for its lists in crime Quercus Publishing Plc (PLUS Markets: ) is an independent publishing...
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Clara appears early in Johnny Mackintosh and the Spirit of London
Johnny Mackintosh and the Spirit of London
Johnny Mackintosh and the Spirit of London is the first novel in a series of young adult books written by Keith Mansfield and published by Quercus...
, the first book of the series, as a pupil at the Proteus Institute for the Gifted (located near the fictional town of Yarnton Hill in southwest England). Johnny finds her and together they leave Earth in a space elevator
Space elevator
A space elevator, also known as a geostationary orbital tether or a beanstalk, is a proposed non-rocket spacelaunch structure...
and their adventures begin..
Clara is portrayed as having blonde hair, blue eyes (inlaid with silver flecks) and pale skin, unblemished apart from a pattern of seven freckles on the inside of her left shin in the shape of the constellation the Plough (her 'Starmark'). In the books she is described as ‘Owlein’, meaning she has the extremely rare ability to ‘fold’ space. She lives aboard the spaceship the Spirit of London, from the outside a carbon copy of the skyscraper known as the London Gherkin
30 St Mary Axe
30 St Mary Axe, the Swiss Re Building , is a skyscraper in London's main financial district, the City of London, completed in December 2003 and opened at the end of May 2004...
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