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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsThe Boneshakerby Kate Milford
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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 Natalies 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. Synopsis:Wendy's new glasses give her a whole new way of seeing things . . . that aren't there. Synopsis:The bestselling book in the Magic Shop series, now in a brand-new paperback edition Synopsis:How can you tell if a riverand#8217;s under a spell? River trolls, rock trolls, blue-wing fairiesand#151;the usual suspects. The stretch of the Mississippi where Claire lives has rumors of them all, not that sheand#8217;s ever spotted any. But then Claireand#8217;s cousin Duke takes a swim and sprouts a hornand#151;a long, pointy, handsome thing. After that, Claire doesnand#8217;t have much choice but to believe that something rivery is going on, especially since sheand#8217;s the only one who can help Duke lose his new addition. Synopsis:In the virtual reality game Heir Apparent, there are way too many ways to get killed--and Giannine seems to be finding them all. Which is a darn shame, because unless she can get the magic ring, locate the stolen treasure, answer the dwarf's dumb riddles, impress the head-chopping statue, charm the army of ghosts, fend off the barbarians, and defeat the man-eating dragon, she'll never win. And she has to, because losing means she'll die--for real this time. About the AuthorKate Milford is the author of The Boneshaker, has written for stage and screen, and is a regular travel columnist for the Nagspeake Board of Tourism and Culture. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Table of ContentsContents ONE Happy Birthday to Me 3 TWO Off to a Fantastic Start (Not!) 12 THREE Fun and Games with the Family 22 FOUR A Heavenly Visitor 32 -Rasmussem interoffice e-mail 41 FIVE Simple Math 43 SIX "Do Not Pass Go; Do Not Collect $200" 47 SEVEN Shuffle and Deal Again 52 EIGHT Hey, Loser, Start Over Again (Again) 58 NINE Stop Me If You Think 68 You've Heard This One Before TEN Family History 70 ELEVEN A Poem Can Be a Home 80 to Those Who Roam (Or, Like, Whatever) -Rasmussem interoffice e-mail 87 TWELVE One 88 THIRTEEN Disarming the Troops 98 FOURTEEN Are We Having Fun Yet? 106 -Rasmussem interoffice e-mail 120 FIFTEEN Bright Sword, Dim Brother 121 SIXTEEN Lunch 136 SEVENTEEN Treasure Hunt 150 EIGHTEEN Calling in the Reinforcements 164 NINETEEN Magic Realism (without the Realism) 177 -Rasmussem interoffice e-mail 192 TWENTY Siege 193 TWENTY-ONE Back to the Battlements 207 TWENTY-TWO Did Someone Say Déjà Vu? 217 -Rasmussem interoffice e-mail 219 TWENTY-THREE Will the Guilty Party Please Step Forward? 220 TWENTY-FOUR Fast Forward 231 TWENTY-FIVE Morning Comes Early 240 When There's No Snooze Button TWENTY-SIX Keeping Everybody (But Me) Happy 247 TWENTY-SEVEN Preparations for a Journey 258 TWENTY-EIGHT Xenos's Dad 267 TWENTY-NINE A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with 278 a Single Step (and Other Trite Nonsense) THIRTY Dead Oxen and Gold 284 THIRTY-ONE Home Sweet Home (Or Not) 292 THIRTY-TWO The End 302 THIRTY-THREE Satisfaction Guaranteed, Or Your Money 309 Cheerfully Refunded
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