  | Giant's seat (Extraordinary journeys of Clockwork Charlie) Author: Butler, Dave | |
| Price: $21.88 | ||
Summary:
In the second installment of the Extraordinary journeys of Clockwork Charlie trilogy, Charlie must find his friends and scale a treacherous mountain to warn a mysterious old man about evil Iron Cog.
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (04/15/17)
School Library Journal (04/01/17)
Booklist (05/01/17)
Full Text Reviews:
School Library Journal - 04/01/2017 Gr 4–7—The second installment in this series starts with Charlie Pondicherry getting abruptly separated from the ragtag team of friends who helped him through his first adventures. Captured by a cantankerous dwarf who insists on treating him more like an animal than a person, Charlie is forced to confront his identity as a mechanical boy, all while reeling from the death of his beloved father. Charlie escapes from the dwarf but is quickly launched from one escapade to the next as he tries to find a mysterious friend of his father's while evading the evil Iron Cog. Butler fashions a diverse world that reflects his intriguing ideas about what makes people different—and what can connect them. As in the first book, the abundance of characters and dialects may deter some readers. VERDICT Fast-paced and thought provoking, this is recommended wherever the previous volume was popular.—Eliza Langhans, Hatfield Public Library, MA - Copyright 2017 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
Booklist - 05/01/2017 Spring-loaded automaton Charlie Pondicherry, along with his ragtag crew of magical oddities, returns in this delightful sequel to The Kidnap Plot (2016). He’s accompanied by a gnat-winged pixie, an aeronaut, and a snake who can turn into a boy, and that’s just the start: Charlie’s world is home to a wide array of mystical and steampunk things. A crash-landing during a storm separates the gang and prevents them from warning a friend of Charlie’s inventor about the evil Iron Cog. Charlie himself has worse luck still: he’s captured by dwarfs! Their confusing ways and insistence on treating Charlie as nothing more than a donkey surely spells trouble for the clockwork boy, though his hope to see his friends again, as well as make new ones, keeps his story going strong. Butler’s second middle-grade novel is a treasure for readers who enjoy the steampunk side of fantasy fiction. Charlie and his friends are fun and likable heroes, and the half-magic, half-machine world is an enchanting place for an adventure. - Copyright 2017 Booklist.
