The Left-Handed Fate

The Left-Handed Fate
Author: Kate Milford
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2016-08-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0805098003

"A quest story to find the three pieces of a magical engine which can either win the War of 1812 ... or stop it altogether"--

The Left-Handed Fate

The Left-Handed Fate
Author: Kate Milford
Publisher: Square Fish
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-08-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781250121837

From Kate Milford, the bestselling author of National Book Award nominee Greenglass House, comes another magical, middle-grade adventure, The Left-Handed Fate. Lucy Bluecrowne and Maxwell Ault are on a mission: find the three pieces of a strange and arcane engine. They're not exactly sure what this machine does, but they have it on good authority that it will stop the war that's raging between their home country of England and Napoleon Bonaparte's France. Despite being followed by mysterious men dressed all in black, they're well on their way to finding everything they need when their ship, the famous Left-Handed Fate, is taken by the Americans. And not just any Americans. The Fate (and with it, Lucy and Max) are put under the command of Oliver Dexter, who's only just turned twelve. But Lucy and Max aren't the only ones trying to put the engine together, and if the pieces fall into the wrong hands, it could prove disastrous. Oliver is faced with a choice: help Lucy and Max and become a traitor to his country? Or follow orders and risk endangering that same country and many others at the same time—not to mention his friends? "This world has a seductive, fairytale quality—Patrick O’Brian’s Captain Aubrey series as seen through the lens of Hayao Miyazaki. . . It's impossible not to admire The Left-Handed Fate for its epic scope, joyful evocation of life on the high seas and suspenseful mystery." —The New York Times Book Review

The Left-Handed Fate

The Left-Handed Fate
Author: Kate Milford
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2016-08-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1627796568

Return to Nagspeake for a new fantasy adventure from the bestselling author of National Book Award nominee Greenglass House. Lucy Bluecrowne and Maxwell Ault are on a mission: find the three pieces of a strange and arcane engine they believe can stop the endless war raging between their home country of England and Napoleon Bonaparte’s France. During the search, however, their ship, the famous privateer the Left-Handed Fate, is taken by the Americans, who have just declared war on England, too. The Fate (and with it, Lucy and Max) is put under the command of new midshipman Oliver Dexter . . . who’s only just turned twelve. But Lucy and Max aren’t the only ones trying to assemble the engine; the French are after it, as well as the crew of a mysterious vessel that seems able to appear out of thin air. When Oliver discovers what his prisoners are really up to—and how dangerous the device could be if it falls into the wrong hands—he is faced with a choice: Help Lucy and Max even if it makes him a traitor to his own country? Or follow orders and risk endangering countless lives, including those of the enemies who have somehow become his friends?

Bluecrowne

Bluecrowne
Author: Kate Milford
Publisher: Clarion Books
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2018
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1328466884

In 1810, Lucy Bluecrowne, twelve, is bored living ashore with her stepmother and half brother until two nefarious strangers identify her little brother as the pyrotechnical prodigy they need for their evil plan.

Greenglass House

Greenglass House
Author: Kate Milford
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2014
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0544052706

A rambling old smuggler's inn, a strange map, an attic packed with treasures, squabbling guests, theft, friendship, and an unusual haunting mark this smart mystery in the tradition of the Mysterious Benedict Society books. Illustrations.

The Broken Lands

The Broken Lands
Author: Kate Milford
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2012
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0547739664

"Set in the seedy underworld of nineteenth-century Coney Island during the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, two orphans are determined to stop evil forces from claiming the city of New York"--

The Thief Knot

The Thief Knot
Author: Kate Milford
Publisher: Clarion Books
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2020
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1328466892

When Marzana's parents are recruited to solve an odd crime, she assembles her own team, including a ghost, to investigate the kidnapping.

The Raconteur's Commonplace Book

The Raconteur's Commonplace Book
Author: Kate Milford
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2021-02-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 035841122X

In this standalone mystery set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Greenglass House by an Edgar Award–winning author, a group of strangers trapped in an otherworldly inn slowly reveal their secrets, proving that nothing is what it seems and there's always more than one side to the story. The rain hasn't stopped for a week, and the twelve guests of the Blue Vein Tavern are trapped by flooded roads and the rising Skidwrack River. Among them are a ship’s captain, tattooed twins, a musician, and a young girl traveling on her own. To pass the time, they begin to tell stories—each a different type of folklore—that eventually reveal more about their own secrets than they intended. As the rain continues to pour down—an uncanny, unnatural amount of rain—the guests begin to realize that the entire city is in danger, and not just from the flood. But they have only their stories, and one another, to save them. Will it be enough? "Will dazzle seasoned Milford fans and kindle new ones." (Publishers Weekly starred review)

Boneshaker

Boneshaker
Author: Cherie Priest
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2009-09-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429942495

In the early days of the Civil War, rumors of gold in the frozen Klondike brought hordes of newcomers to the Pacific Northwest. Anxious to compete, Russian prospectors commissioned inventor Leviticus Blue to create a great machine that could mine through Alaska's ice. Thus was Dr. Blue's Incredible Bone-Shaking Drill Engine born. But on its first test run the Boneshaker went terribly awry, destroying several blocks of downtown Seattle and unearthing a subterranean vein of blight gas that turned anyone who breathed it into the living dead. Now it is sixteen years later, and a wall has been built to enclose the devastated and toxic city. Just beyond it lives Blue's widow, Briar Wilkes. Life is hard with a ruined reputation and a teenaged boy to support, but she and Ezekiel are managing. Until Ezekiel undertakes a secret crusade to rewrite history. His quest will take him under the wall and into a city teeming with ravenous undead, air pirates, criminal overlords, and heavily armed refugees. And only Briar can bring him out alive. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.