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The Clockwork Queen


Key stage: Key Stage 2

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Published: 2022

Great for age 6-12 years

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Chess prodigy Sophie Peshka inherited her love of the game from her grandmaster father. But now that he has been imprisoned in the dungeons of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg by powerful Empress Catherine the Great, Sophie must use all her strategic skill and cunning to help him escape. Part of Sophies plan involves an incredible chess-playing automaton called the Clockwork Queen, but will the Queen be able to outwit the Empress in a game where the stakes are a matter of life and death?

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years. This book has been specially written for struggling readers. This book has been specially written for reluctant readers.

This book was published in 2022 by Barrington Stoke Ltd .

Peter Bunzl grew up in London and lives there with his partner Michael. He is a BAFTA-award-winning animator, as well as a writer and filmmaker