The Boneshaker

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 05/23/2011
ISBN: 9780547550046
Pages: 372
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 7.72h x 5.06w x 0.91d
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 137437 / Boneshaker
Reading Level: 6 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 14