Author: Kate Milford Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Fantasy, Young adult, Steampunk, Historical fiction, Fiction, Paranormal, Mystery, Adventure
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ISBNs: 9780547241876 9780547550046 0547241879 0547550049 |
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Thirteen year-old Natalie Minks loves machines, particularly automata -- self operating mechanical devices, usually powered by clockwork. When Jake Limberleg and his travelling medicine show arrive in her small Missouri town with a mysterious vehicle under a tarp, and an uncanny ability to make Natalie's half-built automaton move, she feels in her gut that something about this caravan of healers is a bit off. Her uneasiness leads her to investigate the intricate maze of the medicine show, where she discovers a horrible truth, and realizes that only she has the power to set things right.
Set in 1914, The Boneshaker is a gripping, richly textured novel about family, community, courage, and looking evil directly in the face in order to conquer it.
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