The Boneshaker / Kate Milford ; with illustrations by Andrea Offermann.
Material type: TextPublication details: Boston : Clarion Books, 2010.Description: 372 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780547241876
- 0547241879
- 9780547550046
- 0547550049
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | MILFORD KATE | A2 | Available | 33111010476154 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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 medicineshow, 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.
When Jake Limberleg brings his traveling medicine show to a small Missouri town in 1913, thirteen-year-old Natalie senses that something is wrong and, after investigating, learns that her love of automata and other machines make her the only one who can set things right.
The town at the crossroads -- The world's fastest bicycle -- The Devil and Tom Guyot -- Some kind of grace -- The snake oil salesman -- Vitamins -- The prankster demon -- To your very good health -- The old village -- Dr. Limberleg's Nostrum Fair and Technological Medicine Show -- Phrenology -- Limberleg's Ginger-Angelica Bitters -- Confidence -- The collector of hands -- Amber therapy -- Jumper -- Jasper Bellinspire's bargain -- Burning the lot -- First, do no harm -- Gingerfoot -- Crossroads.
900 Lexile.
Accelerated Reader 6.0.
Reading Counts! 6.2.