Cogheart, Peter Bunzl
Cogheart, Peter Bunzl
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Cogheart

Author: Peter Bunzl

Narrator: Rachael Beresford

Unabridged: 8 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/03/2019


Synopsis

Thirteen-year-old Lily Hartman always dreamed of adventure. A strong-willed girl, Lily felt trapped in a life of Victorian stuffiness at her prim boarding school. But after her father-a famous inventor-disappears on a routine zeppelin flight, Lily's life gets turned upside down. Now cared for by her guardian, the heartless Madame Verdigris, Lily is quite certain that she's being watched. Mysterious, silver-eyed men are lurking in the shadows, just waiting for their chance to strike. But what could they possibly want from her? There are rumors, Lily learns, that her father had invented the most valuable invention ever made-a perpetual motion machine. But if he made such a miraculous discovery, he certainly never told Lily. And all he left behind is a small box-with no key, no hinges. With the help of a clockmaker's son, Robert, and her mechanimal fox, Malkin, Lily escapes London in search of the one person who might know something about her father's disappearance-and what he left behind.

Reviews

Goodreads review by jv on January 11, 2022

Set in the skies above and the streets running through London, this scintillating story of clockworks, mechanimals, hybrids and humans is the book that will keep kids reading well past bed-times. It has to be hard for a young reader to step away from this fast-paced, perilous plot because as an adul......more

Goodreads review by Gavin on May 13, 2020

A fantastic start to what promises to be the most adventurous middle grade series! When Lily's father apparently perishes in an accident, a mechanimal fox who survived named Malkin has a message for his daughter, Lily. With strange silver-eyed men popping up all over the place, Malkin joins forces w......more

Goodreads review by Puck on January 16, 2019

4 stars for this exciting steampunk adventure. Cogs and chronometers, this book is amazing! It caught my eye in Waterstones because of the beautiful cover and since I’ve never read something steampunk-related before, I decided to give this a try. And I’m glad I did, because I loved this book. Coghea......more

Goodreads review by Robin on May 03, 2016

A really wonderful steampunk story that reminded me of Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines series. It's pacy and exciting, and I loved the world that Peter has built. *Please note: this review is meant as a recommendation only. Please do not use it in any marketing material, online or in print, without ask......more

Goodreads review by Samm | Sassenach the on September 09, 2019

Okay I'm so excited that I get to whip out this card already (context: I'm so excited to be old) back in my day, I went to the library with my mom and wanted a book! I went to this magical land called the Reference Desk and waited 20 minutes in line to talk to a witch known as the Reference Librarian......more