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Synopsis
In 1852, when seventeen-year-old Katharine is sent to her family's estate to prove that her uncle is insane, she finds he is an inventor whose work creating ingenious clockwork figures supports hundreds of families, but strange occurences soon have her doubting her own sanity.
Is The Dark Unwinding appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
This Victorian-era mystery features themes of mental illness, family deception, and questions about sanity that may be unsettling. The content is appropriate for teens with mild suspenseful elements but no graphic content.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include mental illness and gaslighting.
Who'll love this
Teens will be drawn into the atmospheric mystery of a strange estate, an eccentric inventor uncle, and a heroine who must question everything she thought was true.