A boy discovers a mysterious mechanical world he may never escape in this steampunk fantasy thatâs âa thrill a minuteâ (Kirkus Reviews), set in nineteenth-century England.
Ten-year-old Jack Foster has stepped through a doorway and into quite a different London.
Londinium is a smoky, dark, and dangerous place, home to mischievous metal fairies and fearsome clockwork dragons that breathe scalding steam. The people wear goggles to protect their eyes, brass grill insets in their nostrils to filter air, or mechanical limbs to replace missing ones.
Over it all rules the Lady, and the Lady has demanded a new sonâa perfect flesh-and-blood child. She has chosen Jack. His only hope of escape lies with a legendary clockwork bird.
The Gearwing grants wishesâor it did, before it was brokenâbefore it was killed. But some things donât stay dead forever.
Fans of books like Splendors and Glooms and Doll Bones will find Flights and Chimes and Mysterious Times irresistible!
Categories:
- Children's Books
- Growing Up & Facts of Life
- Family Life
- New Experiences
- Fiction
- New Experiences
- Family Life
- Growing Up & Facts of Life
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Author : Trevayne, Emma
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :2015-05-12
Number Of Pages : 336
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 144249879X
ISBN-13 : 9781442498792
Item weight : 0.49 lb
Dimensions : 1.02 in x 5.12 in x 7.64 in
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