Clockwork or All Wound Up
Philip Pullman, Peter Bailey, Peter Bailey
Tick, tick, tick, tock. Once you’ve wound some things up nothing can stop them . . .
It is a cold winter’s night when Karl enters the White Horse Tavern looking like he’s swallowed a thundercloud. His final task as a clockmaker apprentice is to make a new figure for the great clock of Glockenheim. He has not made the figure – or got any idea of what it could be, and the unveiling is tomorrow.
Fritz is also in the tavern; there to read aloud his new spooky story. Like Karl, he hasn’t finished. Well, he knows how the story starts and he knows it’s called Clockwork – so, with the snow swirling down outside, he sets his story going and just has to hope that the ending will come to him as he tells it.
Suddenly, Fritz’s story and real life merge in a completely sinister way – and just like clockwork it can’t be stopped . . .
Reviews
Even though the clockwork-maker's apprentice died at the end, I wasn't really sad because he was going to use a dangerous robot with a sharp sword to kill people and get rich.
Major Poseidon Pendragon 20.08.2023
This book was all right but it wasn’t the greatest. Good for someone how likes clockwork but not for me.
Marshal Iggy Bouncy-castle 14.08.2022
It wasn’t at all good, but if you like clocks and scary things then you will like it. I liked the girl
Captain Panther Jellybaby 09.08.2022
Interesting book and has suspense but could have been better.
Prince Augustus Eragon 10.07.2022
i would recommend this book to anyone who likes thrillers or philip pullman
Anonymous 19.07.2021
This book was very good. Although the story is short, it is very exciting and descriptive.
Sergeant Cello Rubber-duck 23.08.2020
the story was about clocks and people who fix the clock’s.I thought it was exiting and very interesting and I really liked it.It was fiction and my favourite character was princess Mariposa . I would recommend this book to someone else.
Anonymous 18.08.2020
This is a mystery, adventure and horror story. The story made me jump. There was,lots of cliff hangers in the book and it built up suspense. When something really good was about to happen it was the end of the chapter. I liked how the story that storyteller Fritz told actually came true. I recommend this book to all my friends.
Sergeant Gonzo Legend 13.07.2020
