FREE: The Clockwork Three by Matthew J. Kirby (2010, Hardcover)

The listing, The Clockwork Three by Matthew J. Kirby (2010, Hardcover) has ended.

Book is in excellent condition. I bought for my son and he never read it. Has just been sitting on his bookshelf. Inside cover has a paid stamp on the inside from the bookfair.

About the book:
Three ordinary children are brought together by extraordinary events....Giuseppe is an orphaned street musician from Italy, who was sold by his uncle to work as a slave for an evil padrone in the U.S. But when a mysterious green violin enters his life he begins to imagine a life of freedom. Hannah is a soft-hearted, strong-willed girl from the tenements, who supports her family as a hotel maid when tragedy strikes and her father can no longer work. She learns about a hidden treasure, which she knows will save her family -- if she can find it And Frederick, the talented and intense clockmaker's apprentice, seeks to learn the truth about his mother while trying to forget the nightmares of the orphanage where she left him. He is determined to build an automaton and enter the clockmakers' guild -- if only he can create a working head. Together, the three discover they have phenomenal power when they team up as friends, and that they can overcome even the darkest of fears.

As mysterious circumstances bring Giuseppe, Frederick, and Hannah together, their lives soon interlock like the turning gears in a clock and they realize that each one holds a key to solving the others' mysteries.

Three extraordinary children--an orphaned street musician with a mysterious green violin, a treasure-seeking hotel maid and an innovative clockmaker's apprentice--are brought together by unusual circumstances that compel them to trust one another. 50,000 first printing.