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Clockwork

by Philip Pullman

Ages 10–13 Reading age 10 Short chapters Set in the past spookyepic

In a German tavern a storyteller begins a tale he has not finished, and the figure at its centre walks in through the door.

A story about children and a grown-up villain, spooky and epic in tone. We would put it with children of 10–13, and at a reading age of about 10 for reading alone.

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