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de Quidt, Jeremy

The Toymaker

359 pp. | Random/Fickling | August, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-0-385-75180-3 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-385-75181-0 $19.99
(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Gary Blythe. Toymaker Menschenmacher chillingly transplants a sparrow's living heart into a wind-up toy. Meanwhile, protagonist Mathias, after receiving a deathbed gift from his conjurer grandfather, barely survives a slew of hair-raising adventures. The story's action is vividly narrated, its characters powerfully imagined, the scenario intriguing. Its conclusion is bleak, but with such unresolved issues as Mathias's true identity, a sequel seems indicated.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2010

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