The Boneshaker - Paperback

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9780547550046

About this item

by Kate Milford (Author), Andrea Offermann (Illustrator)

Thirteen-year-old Natalie Minks loves machines, particularly automata--self-operating mechanical devices, usually powered by clockwork. When Jake Limberleg and his traveling 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.

Author Biography

Kate Milford is a published playwright and screenwriter, and author of The Boneshaker and Greenglass House. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her website at www.clockworkfoundry.com.

Number of Pages: 384

Dimensions: 0.91 x 7.72 x 5.06 IN

Illustrated: Yes

Publication Date: May 23, 2011

Award: Georgia Children's Book Award (2014)

Accelerated Reader:

Quiz Name: Boneshaker

Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8

Reading Level: 6

Point Value: 14

$17.78

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