The Cabinet of Wonders by Marie Rutkoski
Marie Rutkoski's startling debut novel, the first book in the Kronos Chronicles, about the risks we take to protect those we love, brims with magic, political intrigue, and heroism.
Petra Kronos has a simple, happy life. But it's never been ordinary. She has a pet tin spider named Astrophil who likes to hide in her snarled hair and give her advice. Her best friend can trap lightning inside a glass sphere. Petra also has a father in faraway Prague who is able to move metal with his mind. He has been commissioned by the prince of Bohemia to build the world's finest astronomical clock. Petra's life is forever changed when, one day, her father returns home - blind. The prince has stolen his eyes, enchanted them, and now wears them. But why? Petra doesn't know, but she knows this: she will go to Prague, sneak into Salamander Castle, and steal her father's eyes back. Joining forces with Neel, whose fingers extend into invisible ghosts that pick locks and pockets, Petra finds that many people in the castle are not what they seem, and that her father's clock has powers capable of destroying their world.
The Cabinet of Wonders is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780374310264 |
| ISBN 10 | 0374310262 |
| Title | The Cabinet of Wonders |
| Author | Marie Rutkoski |
| Series | Kronos Chronicles Trilogy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Farrar Straus Giroux |
| Year published | 2008-08-05 |
| Number of pages | 258 |
| Prizes | Commended for Georgia Children's Book Award (Children's Book) 2011, Commended for Cybils (Fantasy/Sci-Fi/ELM/Midgr) 2008, Short-listed for Bluebonnet Awards 2011, Short-listed for Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award 2010, Short-listed for Nene Award 2011, Short-listed for William Allen White Childens Book Award (Grades 6-8) 2011, Short-listed for Beehive Awards (Fiction) 2010, Short-listed for Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award (Grades 6-8) 2011 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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