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Oddity
Oddity (Related to this series)
- Author
- Eli Brown
- Narrator
- Suzy Jackson
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 30 March 2021
- Run Time
- 9 hours 24 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
A fantasy adventure powered by a kick-ass Wild-West heroine and a collection of magical objects known as Oddities.
"A thrillingly original fusion of adventure, magic, and epic alternative history."—Jonathan Stroud
"Written with insouciant charm … eccentric adventure that is true to its name."—Wall Street Journal
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.
When her physician father is murdered, thirteen-year-old Clover Elkin embarks on a perilous mission through warring frontier territories to protect the one secret Oddity he left behind. And as she uncovers the truth about her parents and her past, Clover herself emerges as a powerful agent of history.
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.
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Details
- Author
- Eli Brown
- Narrator
- Suzy Jackson
- Duration
- 9 hours 24 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 March 2021
- ISBN
- 9781705010006
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy
Synopsis
A fantasy adventure powered by a kick-ass Wild-West heroine and a collection of magical objects known as Oddities.  "A thrillingly original fusion of adventure, magic, and epic alternative history."—Jonathan Stroud "Written with insouciant charm … eccentric adventure that is true to its name."—Wall Street Journal 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. When her physician father is murdered, thirteen-year-old Clover Elkin embarks on a perilous mission through warring frontier territories to protect the one secret Oddity he left behind. And as she uncovers the truth about her parents and her past, Clover herself emerges as a powerful agent of history. 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.
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