The New Cut Gang

The New Cut Gang is a popular series of young adult, children’s fiction, and mystery books. It is written by a highly renowned English author named Philip Pullman. The series, which began in 1994, consists of just 2 novels published in 1994 and 1995. Both the books have been extremely successful. They have found success in various parts of the world and have been translated into many foreign languages over the years. The books depict a small group of children ranging from 6-year olds to 13-year olds. The call themselves as New Cut Gang and live on the streets of New Cut and Lambeth Walk. Author Pullman has done the setting of the books in these two places at the time of the year 1892. He has shown that during this time period, the Lambeth Walk & New Cut were full of bookies, swindlers, gangsters, horse thieves, occasional tentative policemen, pickpockets, etc., and has set the stories revolving around such characters. In the young urchins’ group, there is a six year old boy named Sharkey Bob and a 13 year old girl named Birdie Malone. These two characters are joined by numerous other exciting characters in carrying the series forward.