Tanglewreck

New York: Bloomsbury Children's Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 2006. 1st U.S. edition. Hardcover. 1-58234-919-3 . [nice clean copy, both book and jacket showing only faint handling wear]. The author's first novel for young readers, about "time tornadoes" rampaging through the streets of London, causing people to vanish and such things as prehistoric beasts to appear along the banks of the banks of the River Thames. "At the centre of these bizarre time warps is a house called Tanglewreck, which is home to eleven-year-old Silver; her body and bad-tempered aunt, Mrs. Rokabye; and a mysterious clock known as the Timekeeper. Silver doesn't understand exactly what the Timekeeper does, but when two sinister figures come looking for it, she knows instinctively that she must guard it with her life. There's just one problem: the Timekeeper has disappeared." . (Inventory #: 15065)