The Boneshaker

By Kate Milford

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0547550049
• ISBN13: 9780547550046
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7