Katherine Woodfine's bestselling debut novel A fast-paced historical mystery adventure for readers aged 9 with gorgeous Edwardian period detail Perfect for fans of Enid Blyton Chris Riddell's Goth Girl & Robin Stevens' Murder Most Unladylike series You are cordially invited to attend the Grand Opening of Sinclair's department store! Enter a world of bonbons hats perfumes & MYSTERIES around every corner WONDER at the daring theft of the priceless CLOCKWORK SPARROW! TREMBLE as the most DASTARDLY criminals in London enact their wicked plans! GASP as our bold heroines Miss Sophie Taylor & Miss Lilian Rose CRACK CODES DEVOUR ICED BUNS & vow to bring the villains to justice The Clockwork Sparrow is the first book in the Sinclair's Mysteries quartet which is perfect for fans of Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls & M G Leonard's Beetle Boy The other books are The Jewelled Moth & The Painted Dragon & look out for the thrilling conclusion in The Midnight Peacock coming in October! Cover & interior illustrations by Julia Sarda A wonderful book with a glorious heroine & a true spirit of adventure'
- Katherine Rundell award-winning author of Rooftoppers Katie age 10 for lovereading 4kidscouk
- 'A brilliant historical detective novel
- I read it in one sitting & couldn't put it down! The characters were really believable & the story was so exciting My new favourite!' Celeste age 13 for lovereading 4kidscouk
- ' An incredible read full of mystery wonder & adventure This is now one of my top ten' The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize in 2016 Katherine Woodfine is a true champion of children's literature Until 2015 she was Arts Project Manager for Booktrust where she project-managed the Children's Laureateship & YALC the UK's first Young Adult Literature Convention curated by Malorie Blackman She is part of the founding team at Down the Rabbit Hole a monthly show for Resonance FM discussing children's literature Katherine blogs at followtheyellowcouk She lives in London