THE HOUSE OF ONE HUNDRED CLOCKS

From the bestselling author of The Garden of Lost Secrets comes a thrilling new mystery filled with ticking secrets and gripping adventure, set against an Edwardian backdrop of invention and change.

JUNE, 1905.

Helena and her parrot, Orbit, are swept off to Cambridge when her father is appointed clock-winder to one of the wealthiest men in England. There is only one rule: the clocks must never stop.

Soon Helena discovers the house of one hundred clocks holds many mysteries; a ghostly figure, strange notes and stolen winding keys... Can she work out the house's secrets before time runs out?

"Howell is a hypnotically readable writer, who keeps the pulse racing, while allowing every character slowly to unravel." The Telegraph

"Fans of Emma Carroll will adore this historical tale of derring-do and righted wrongs." The Times on The Garden of Lost Secrets

Summary

JUNE, 1905. Helena and her parrot, Orbit, are swept off to Cambridge when her father is appointed clock-winder to one of the wealthiest men in England. There is only one rule: the clocks must never stop. But Helena discovers the house of one hundred clocks holds many mysteries... Can she work out its secrets before time runs out?

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Fans of Emma Carroll will adore this historical tale of derring-do and righted wrongs. The Times

Product details

• Authors: A. M. Howell, A.M. Howell, ANN MARIE HOWELL, Howell Ann Marie
• Publisher: Usborne
• Languages: English, French
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781474959568
• ISBN: 978-1-4749-5956-8
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, Cambridge, JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women, JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Birds, JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Historical, Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Crime & mystery fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Interest age: from c 9 years, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, c 1900 to c 1909