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Flights and Chimes and Mysterious Times

Flights and Chimes and Mysterious Times

Published in
2014
3.60
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Description

In nineteenth-century England, a boy is about to discover a mysterious mechanical world he may never escape.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 sona perfect flesh-and-blood child. She has chosen Jack. His only hope of escape lies with a legendary clockwork bird. The Gearwing grants wishesor it did, before it was brokenbefore it was killed. But some things dont stay dead forever. Fans of books like Splendors and Glooms and Goblin Secrets will find Flights and Chimes and Mysterious Times irresistible!
Age
8-12
Text complexity
intermediate
Length
320 pages

Why to read

  • Engaging plot
  • Imaginative setting
  • Intriguing characters
  • Blend of history and fantasy