The
Tick Tock Man by R.M. Clark
Publication
Date: May 2, 2017
Publisher: Month9Books/Tantrum Books
When
the clocks in town stop, thirteen-year-old CJ discovers an unusual "clock
world" where most of the citizens are clock parts, tasked with keeping the
big clocks running. But soon the seemingly peaceful world is divided between
warring factions with CJ instructed to find the only person who can help: the
elusive Tick Tock Man.
With
the aid of Fuzee, a partly-human girl, he battles gear-headed extremists and
razor-sharp pendulums in order to restore order before this world of chimes,
springs, and clock people dissolves into a massive time warp, taking CJ's quiet
New England town with it.
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Excerpt:
I went to the spare bedroom and grabbed the
box for Uncle Artie’s clocks. I replaced them one by one, starting with the
crescent moon clock. After the German village cuckoo clock made its way into
the box, I noticed something extra strange. All Uncle Artie’s clocks were stuck
at two o’clock. How come no one else noticed this? That question troubled me as
I put the box of clocks in its resting place. It was as if those clocks had
something to say but couldn’t say it.
When I came back down I gave the Hoffhalder
another hard look, this time from the other side of the room. As much as I
tried to convince myself this was just a clock, I knew that wasn’t the case. It
spoke to me, although I couldn’t completely understand it.
Things were going from strange to downright
weird.
AUTHOR INFO:
R.
M. Clark is a computer scientist for the Dept. of Navy by day and children’s
book writer by night. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and two sons.
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