Incredible Talking Machine

Pull back the curtain and enter a world where mystery and magic take centre stage in a gloriously gothic adventure from Jenni Spangler, illustrated by Chris Mould. Twelve-year-old Tig works at Manchester''s Theatre Royale, cleaning, selling tickets and doing anything else that is asked of her by her tyrannical boss, Mr Snell. Tig will do whatever it takes to get closer to her dream – to become a Stage Manager and spend her days inventing new ways to imagine and build the intricate machinery and props that bring the exciting productions to life! But when a strange new act – a talking machine – arrives at the Theatre Royale, it moves and behaves in a way that Tig just can’t work out. It’s as though it’s alive somehow . . . And when the machine appears to be hiding a dangerous secret, Tig must race against time to solve the mystery, before everything and everyone she cares about is lost forever. A Victorian adventure full of ghost, gadgets and shifty villains, from the critically-acclaimed Jenni Spangler, who''s debut The Vanishing Trick , was selected as Waterstones Book of the Month. Praise for THE VANISHING TRICK: A thrilling, original, evocative and eerie tale - I adored it!’ Michelle Harrison, author of A Pinch of Magic ''A thrilling page-turner. Madame Pinchbeck is a gloriously Dickensian villain’ Abi Elphinstone, author of Sky Song ''Ghosts, gadgets, likeable villains and unlikely heroes: The Vanishing Trick is a dark and dazzling adventure’ Emma Carroll, author of Letters from the Lighthouse ''A completely enthralling tale, oozing with atmosphere and originality’ Catherine Doyle, author of The Storm Keeper''s Island

Product details

• Authors: JENNI SPANGLER, Jenni Spangler
• Assisted by: Chris Mould (Illustration), Mould Chris (Illustration)
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 8
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781471190391
• ISBN: 978-1-4711-9039-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Ghost Stories, Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Witches & ghosts (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE FICTION / Performing Arts / Theater & Musicals, JUVENILE FICTION / Technology / Inventions, Drama & performing (Children's / Teenage)