This turned out to be a creepy little fantasy-fiction story about an apprentice clock-maker, a disturbing doctor, and sickly prince in a small German town. The story is well-crafted, with several storylines coming together like the gears of a clock. It is written on a pretty advanced reading level (guided reading level Z) and might be hard for some students to follow if they’re not prepared for reality and fantasy to entertwine so closely. There’s plenty of evil and fantasy (and even a few untimely deaths) to keep the Steven-King bound reader engaged.
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