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The Firework-Maker's Daughter; Clockwork or All Wound Up: Two Tales

The Firework-Maker's Daughter; Clockwork or All Wound Up: Two Tales

Pullman, Philip
Bailey, Peter

Hardcover

Series: Everyman's Library Children's Classics

Fairy Tales & FolkloreGeneral Juvenile Fiction

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ISBN10: 0593992180
ISBN13: 9780593992180
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Published: Mar 4 2025
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.20 Depth: 8.10
Language: English
A must-have for every child's library: two enchanting tales by the bestselling author of The Golden Compass, in a special hardcover omnibus edition with newly colorized illustrations

In The Firework-Maker's Daughter, young Lila has learned from her father almost all there is to know about his profession--but he insists upon holding back the final secret. With the help of her friend Chulak, Lila discovers that anyone who wants to be a true firework-maker must face down the Fire-Fiend of Mount Merapi. It is only after Lila has set off on her quest that Chulak discovers the other half of the secret--and without it, Lila will perish. In the company of Hamlet, a talking white elephant, Chulak sets off to find Lila before it's too late.

Clockwork or All Wound Up features an apprentice clockmaker who is tempted to sell his soul. As the townspeople of Glockenheim gather on the eve of the annual unveiling of a new figure for the town clock, Karl, the apprentice, confides to Fritz, a storyteller, that he has failed in his task to create one. Fritz, in turn, has no idea how to finish the new story he has begun concocting, which he calls Clockwork. He begins to tell it anyway, only to see its dangerous antagonist materialize in front of the two boys and offer Karl a Faustian pact. Real life and storytelling merge, and destruction must be narrowly averted, in this unusual and suspenseful tale of the power of creativity.

Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, and European-style half-round spines.

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