The Clockwork Friend

Sometimes being unusual is awesome!
The people of Middleditch have been keeping a suspicious eye on
the Garlics.

  Marguerite Garlic is an ex-opera singer from the big city, her
  father, Percival, is a jazz musician, and her son, Archibald, is...
  is... different.


  When Archibald inherits a dented old trumpet, a love of music
  is born in the unusual boy. He discovers that when he plays, he can
  see the music. Each note has a colour and a pattern, kaleidoscopic
  in its beauty. But complaints come from all over the town about
  Archibald's incessant trumpeting. It's too jazzy! I'ts
  too noisy! It's too TRUMPETY!


  Seeking a place to practice his trumpet in peace, Archibald sneaks
  into the town clocktower and builds himself a den. It is here
  that he builds his masterpiece... A one-man band to wear on his
  back. It's perfect!


  But a twist of fate comes when a lightning storm rumbles-up over
  Middleditch and Archibald's clocktower is struck by lightning
  and... and... the one-man band he'd been intending to wear on his
  back, comes to life. Cogs...


  From the author of The Nothing To See Here Hotel series
  and Humbug: The Elf Who Saved Christmas - Steven Butler is one
  of our best loved storytellers. 





  Perfect for fans of Wall-E and The Boy Who Made
  Everyone Laugh. 

  A gentle nod to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. 


  A story about friendship, othering and synaesthesia.