Title: The Clockwork Three
Author: Matthew J. Kirby
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Release Date: October 1, 2010
ISBN: 978-0545203371
Size: 400 pages, 6x8", hardcover
Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy
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Three ordinary children are brought together by extraordinary events. . .
Giuseppe is an orphaned street musician from Italy, who was sold by his uncle to work as a slave for an evil padrone in the U.S. But when a mysterious green violin enters his life he begins to imagine a life of freedom.
Hannah is a soft-hearted, strong-willed girl from the tenements, who supports her family as a hotel maid when tragedy strikes and her father can no longer work. She learns about a hidden treasure, which she knows will save her family -- if she can find it.
And Frederick, the talented and intense clockmaker's apprentice, seeks to learn the truth about his mother while trying to forget the nightmares of the orphanage where she left him. He is determined to build an automaton and enter the clockmakers' guild -- if only he can create a working head.
Together, the three discover they have phenomenal power when they team up as friends, and that they can overcome even the darkest of fears.
1 Reviews:
I really enjoyed this book. I found that I could not put it down, because it was so interesting and I always wanted to know what would happen next. There were just a couple things that I wished had been in the book: the city the story took place in and the year. It would have made it easier to picture what everything looked like. I mostly just assumed that it was in New York and around the late 1800s to early 1900s. I think it would have been very helpful to know for sure, though. But other than that, it was a great book that I would recommend to my friends and family and anyone else out there who enjoys reading. I really wish there was a second book, but I'm looking forward to reading any of your other novels that you write!
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