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With masterful skill, Philip Pullman blends a host of fairytale elements into a romantic and deliciously spooky fantasy. The great town clock of Glockenheim is famous for the intricate clockwork figures that come out and move when the clock strikes. Each year a clock-maker’s apprentice is appointed to create a new figure, with people coming from far and wide to admire it. This year, the honour belongs to Karl. But Karl has a shameful secret: he has not yet begun work on the clockwork piece. Meanwhile, townspeople gather in the White Horse Tavern to hear the latest story by Fritz, a novelist famed for his hair-raising tales. The gruesome story he tells that night is about their ruler, Prince Otto, who returned from a hunting expedition with his little son Florian, but with no heart: animated only by a piece of clockwork that made him lash and lash his horses ceaselessly…
Like a strange and wonderful clock, this intricate tale cleverly brings its own cogs together to recreate what happened in that little German town on a dark and long-ago night…
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780440866381
Publisher
Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books)
Date published
November 4th, 2004
Other details
- 96 pages
Condition
New
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artemis908
on 4 August 2015Suspensive, creepy and unique, I loved it!!! We started reading it a school, but when I got home I downloaded it and read it in one day. Full of cliffhangers, I definitely recommend it for lovers of suspense.
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Mohsen1010
on 7 March 2014This is unquestionably one of those books that you just can’t put down. With a cliff-hanger on every page, the suspense is at times, almost unbearable. Absolutely remarkable.
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TheUltimateBookcase
on 17 October 2013It is so interesting yet slightly Gothic and scary at the same time! A very original storyline. Amazing.
5 out of 5 -
Nashdasher
on 7 March 2013A nice original book with a great story line
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elliott1265
on 21 September 2012itis is a very good book, we read it in class and I couldnt take my eyes out of it
5 out of 5 -
dashernasher
on 3 March 2012I love this book so diffrent
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bookworm662
on 23 February 2012its brilent i think its got to be in my best books ever top ten trust me its amazing
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monkeysbananas
on 6 May 2010I quite liked this book! At times it was a bit confusing but I was quite a bit younger when I read it so maybe that’s why!! I think you should read this!!
4 out of 5
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Ron
on 7 November 2013
AMAZING!!
An amazing and atmospheric book!! Cannor emphasize how engaging, intriguing and how much it is the work of a genius!! You want to know atmospehere? Get this book... you will not regret it!! =)