ODDITY

The daughter of a murdered physician vows to protect the magical Oddity he left behind – if only she knew what it was – in an alternate nineteenth century in which the United States is at war with Napoleon’s France.

CLOVER ELKIN ISN'T LOOKING FOR TROUBLE. TROUBLE IS IN HER BLOOD.

Thirteen-year-old Clover Elkin lives in a land of marvels at the edge of the United States. She dreams of a life of adventure, collecting magical oddities - ordinary objects with extraordinary powers - as her late mother did before her. But when her father is killed by lawless men, his last words set her on a quest to find the most necessary oddity of all: one that could help start a war... or end it.

Pursued across dangeous borderlands by her father's killers, Clover encounters a talking Rooster, a secret-stealing Hat, and the nightmarish Seamstress. Longing to understand her parents' connecton to the oddities, Clover must uncover truths so dark - about herself and her country - that they could overturn history itself.

A rich, startling, funny fantasy adventure, powered by an irresistible force-of-nature heroine; Clover Elkin is a born fighter – a heroine to rival Lyra Belacqua or True Grit’s Mattie Ross.

ISBN: 9781406389272
Imprint: Walker Books
Publication Date: 05 May 2021
Dimensions: 129mm x 198mm
Weight: 330g
No. Of Pages: 368