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The clockwork twin

Walter R. Brooks

1937220 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1937
first published
  • 1937A. A. Knopf · 241 pages · ENG
  • 2003Overlook Press · 241 pages · ENG
  • 2014Abrams, Inc. · ENGISBN 9781497693203
  • 2014Abrams, Inc. · ENGISBN 9781497692138
  • 2014Abrams, Inc. · ENGISBN 9781497693197
  • 2003Overlook Juvenile · 220 pages · ENGISBN 9781585673582

Freddy the pig and his animal friends use a clockwork doll that is the double of a mistreated young farm boy to help him get away from the cruel people who claim to be his aunt and uncle.

How it feels

AtmosphereWhimsical
HumourComic

How it reads

Plot intensityEventful
Character focusSingle lead

Worth knowing

Written forMiddle grade

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