Clare, Cassandra. Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices Book
1). New York: Margaret McElderry Books, 2010.
ISBN: 9781416975878, 512 pages, paperback
$10.99
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A teenage girl in Victorian England is thrust into a horror
world of vampires and monsters in conjunction with developing her own
paranormal powers and attempting to rescue her traitorous brother.
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Teenage Tessa Gray leaves her
American home and normal mortal life behind when she sets sail to join her
brother in Victorian England. There she
is kidnapped and trained to be Changer for the Magister, a mysterious leader of
a shadow “downworld.” As she seeks to
determine where she belongs in this hidden magical world beneath a London
façade, and how to save her brother, her own developing powers become central
to unfolding events. New friendships and
romantic interests test her loyalties, as does her brother’s ultimate betrayal.
As a prequel to the author’s Mortal Instruments series, Clockwork Angel is not a stand-alone
novel. Although it is set in the past, the supernatural element of the
Shadowhunters (half-mortals who fight the demons, vampires, and werewolves)
gives this book a crossover categorization into the steampunk horror
genre. The book is geared toward older
adolescents, with its coming of age and search for identity themes, as well as
the darker sexual and violent elements. It is particularly recommended for those
readers who enjoy fantasy books, gothic horror, and the related bestseller Mortal
Instruments series.
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Winner of the 2011 YALSA Teens Top Ten Award
Winner of the 2011 Silver Inky Award
2011 Rita Award Finalist
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