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Synopsis
"In the rugged landscape of eastern Oregon, a young scientist named June uncovers an exquisite artifact--a three-hundred-year-old mechanical doll whose existence seems to validate her obsession with a harrowing story she was told by her grandfather many years earlier. The mechanical doll, June believes, is proof of a living race of automatons that walk undetected among us to this day. Ingeniously hidden inside the ancient doll is a lost message, addressed to the court of Peter the Great, czar of Russia. Russia, 1725: Peter and Elena, two human-like mechanical beings, are brought to life under the watchful guise of Peter the Great. Their struggle to serve in the court of the czar while blending in, and to survive amid those who fear and wish to annihilate them, will take Peter and Elena across Russia, Europe, and, ultimately, across the centuries to modern day."--
Is The Clockwork Dynasty appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 14 and up.
Parents should know this book contains mechanical beings struggling to survive among humans who fear and hunt them, with moderate action violence and themes of persecution across centuries.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death, violence, and persecution.
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Who'll love this
Teens will be drawn to the dual-timeline mystery about hidden automatons living among us and the dangerous secrets they protect.