Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms
Magic, Mystery, & a Very Strange Adventure
Kids, Fiction, Mysteries and Detective Stories, Teen, General Fiction
| Author: | Lissa Evans | ISBN: | 9781402798450 |
| Publisher: | Sterling Children's Books | Publication: | April 3, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Sterling Children's Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Lissa Evans |
| ISBN: | 9781402798450 |
| Publisher: | Sterling Children's Books |
| Publication: | April 3, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Sterling Children's Books |
| Language: | English |
Enter a wonderful world filled with real magic, mystery … and danger.
As if being small for his age and also having S. Horten as his name isn't bad enough, now 10-year-old Stuart is forced to move far away from all his friends.But on his very first day in his new home, Stuart's swept up in an extraordinary adventure: the quest to find his great-uncle Tony--a famous magician who literally disappeared off the face of the earth--and Tony's marvelous, long-lost workshop. Along the way, Stuart reluctantly accepts help from the annoying triplets next door… and encounters trouble from another magician who's also desperate to get hold of Tony's treasures.
A quirky, smart, charming page-turner, Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms will enchant young readers--as well as teachers, librarians, and parents.
Long-listed for the Carnegie Medal (2012) and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (2011)
Enter a wonderful world filled with real magic, mystery … and danger.
As if being small for his age and also having S. Horten as his name isn't bad enough, now 10-year-old Stuart is forced to move far away from all his friends.But on his very first day in his new home, Stuart's swept up in an extraordinary adventure: the quest to find his great-uncle Tony--a famous magician who literally disappeared off the face of the earth--and Tony's marvelous, long-lost workshop. Along the way, Stuart reluctantly accepts help from the annoying triplets next door… and encounters trouble from another magician who's also desperate to get hold of Tony's treasures.
A quirky, smart, charming page-turner, Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms will enchant young readers--as well as teachers, librarians, and parents.
Long-listed for the Carnegie Medal (2012) and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (2011)
