The first in the bestselling Cogheart Adventures series, where mayhem, murder and mystery meet in a gripping Victorian world of fantastical imagination.

Some secrets change the world in a heartbeat.

Lily's life is in mortal peril. Her father is missing and now silver-eyed men stalk her through the shadows. What could they want from her?

With her friends - Robert, the clockmaker's son, and Malkin, her mechanical fox - Lily is plunged into a murky and menacing world. Too soon Lily realizes that those she holds dear may be the very ones to break her heart...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRANFORD BOASE AWARD
SELECTED AS ONE OF THE NATION'S 100 FAVOURITE STORIES TO SHARE (World Book Day, 2018)

"A steampunky tale of ambition, pursuit and revenge." The Guardian

"A delightfully badly behaved heroine, enthralling mechanicals and a stormer of a plot." Abi Elphinstone

"A glittering clockwork treasure." Piers Torday

About the Author
Peter Bunzl grew up in South London in a rambling Victorian house with three cats, two dogs, one sister, an antique-dealer dad and an artist mum. He is a BAFTA-winning animator, as well as a writer and film-maker. Peter's debut novel, Cogheart, has been shortlisted for lots of awards, including the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Like Lily and Robert, he loves adventures and reading penny dreadfuls, but wishes dearly that he had a mechanical fox called Malkin.

Reviews
Bunzl's impressive debut novel... draws readers into an atmospheric steam-punk plot which has all the ingredients of a real page-turner. Sinister characters and high tension ensure that children will devour this. * The Bookseller *
A classic adventure in every way I love - machines, Victoriana and high, pulse-pounding thrills. It's got real heart too. * Rob Lloyd Jones, author of Wild Boy *
A delightfully badly behaved heroine, enthralling mechanicals and a stormer of a plot. * Abi Elphinstone, author of The Dreamsnatcher *
A gem of a book. * Katherine Woodfine, author of The Clockwork Sparrow *
A glittering clockwork treasure. * Piers Torday *


Awards
Winner of Dudley Teen Book Award 2017 and Sefton Super Reads Award 2017 and Awesome Book Awards 2018. Short-listed for Leeds Book Award 2017 and Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017 and North East Teen Book Award 2016 and Hillingdon Primary Book of the Year 2017 and Haringey Children's Book Award 2017 and Redbridge Children's Book Award 2017 and Stockport Children's Book Award 2017 and Crystal Kite Award 2017 and Independent Bookshop Week (IBW) Book Awards 2017 and Chorlton Book Awards 2017 and Harrow Junior Book Award 2018 and Salford Children's Book Award 2018 and Stockton Children's Book of the Year 2018. Long-listed for The Branford Boase Award 2017 and Cranleigh School's Awesome Book Awards 2018 and St Helens Schools Library Service Book Awards 2018. Nominated for The CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018.



Book Information
ISBN 9781474915007
Author Peter Bunzl
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint Usborne Publishing Ltd
Publisher Usborne Publishing Ltd
Weight(grams) 300g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 135mm * 24mm