York: The Clockwork Ghost
(Paperback)
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Paperback
Published: 19th August 2020
Hardback
Published: 5th August 2020
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Published: 20th October 2021
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Published: 1st June 2019
Publishing Details
York: The Clockwork Ghost
By (Author) Laura Ruby
2
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Walden Pond Press
19th August 2020
14th May 2020
United States
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Art and artists
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Architecture, buildings and construction
FIC
Physical Properties
Paperback
480
Width 130mm, Height 194mm
363g
Description
National Book Award finalist Laura Ruby returns with the middle chapter in her epic alternate-history adventurea journey that will test Tess, Theo, and Jaime and change their lives forever.
It was only a few weeks ago that the Biedermann twins, Tess and Theo, along with their friend Jaime Cruz, followed the secrets of the Morningstarrs cipher further than anyone had in its century-and a-half historyand destroyed their beloved home in the process.
But the Old York Cipher still isnt solved. The demolition of 354 W. 73rd Street only revealed the next clue in the greatest mystery of the modern world, and if Tess, Theo, and Jaime want to discover what lies at the end of the puzzle laid into the buildings of New York by its brilliant, enigmatic architects, they will need to press on.
But doing so could prove even more dangerous than they know. It is clear that the Morningstarr twins marshaled all the strange technology they had spent their lives creating in the construction of the Cipher, and that technology has its own plans for those who pursue it.
It's also clear that Tess, Theo, and Jaime are not the only ones on the trail of the treasure. As enemies both known and unknown close in on them from all sides and the very foundations of the city seem to crumble around them, they will have to ask themselves how far they will go to change the unchangeableand whether the price of knowing the secrets of the Morningstarrs is one they are willing to pay.
Author Bio
Laura Ruby is the author of books for adults, teens, and children, including the Printz Award-winning and National Book Award finalist Bone Gap, the Edgar-nominated mystery Lily's Ghosts, the Book Sense Pick Good Girls, and the acclaimed novels Play Me and Bad Apple. She is on the faculty of Hamline University's MFA in writing for children and young adults program and lives in the Chicago area. You can visit her online at www.lauraruby.com and on Twitter.
