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OverviewThe daughter of a murdered physician vows to protect the magical Oddity he left behind in an alternate nineteenth century where a failed Louisiana Purchase has locked a young Unified States into conflict with France. It’s the early 1800s, and Clover travels the impoverished borderlands of the Unified States with her father, a physician. See to the body before you, he teaches her, but Clover can’t help becoming distracted by bigger things, including the coming war between the US and France, ignited by a failed Louisiana Purchase, and the terrifying vermin, cobbled together from dead animals and spare parts, who patrol the woods. Most of all, she is consumed with interest for Oddities, ordinary objects with extraordinary abilities, such as a Teapot that makes endless amounts of tea and an Ice Hook that freezes everything it touches. Clover’s father has always disapproved of Oddities, but when he is murdered, Clover embarks on a perilous mission to protect the one secret Oddity he left behind. And as she uncovers the truth about her parents and her past, Clover emerges as a powerful agent of history. Here is an action-filled American fantasy of alternate history to rival the great British fantasies in ideas and scope. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Eli Brown , Karin RytterPublisher: Candlewick Press,U.S. Imprint: Walker Books US Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.629kg ISBN: 9781536208511ISBN 10: 1536208515 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 15 March 2021 Recommended Age: From 10 to 14 years Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsA thrillingly original fusion of adventure, magic, and epic alternate history, Oddity zings with storytelling panache. Peopled by rich, strange, and delightful characters--both human and eerily otherwise--and featuring a superb heroine, it is inexhaustibly inventive, pouring forth new wonders with the marvelous ease of the magical Wineglass that never runs dry. --Jonathan Stroud, author of the Lockwood & Co. series and the Bartimaeus Sequence Author InformationEli Brown is an acclaimed writer of adult novels. This is his first book for young people. He lives outside San Francisco. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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