Frankenstein-meets-Pinnochio-meets-Faust in this incredible feat of storytelling. Fritz, the writer, spins a spine-tingling tale to cheer up Karl, the apprentice clockmaker. But rather than helping matters, the story begins to come true...

 

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 112 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Scholastic US .

Philip Pullman is one of the most highly respected children's authors writing today. He lives in Oxford. Leonid Gore moved to the United States from his native Russia in 1991. He has illustrated many children's picture books, and lives with his wife and daughter in Brooklyn.