Finn's Clock

Kids, Teen, Fantasy and Magic, Fiction - YA, Fantasy, Fiction & Literature, Historical
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Author: Dean Whitlock ISBN: 9780990902553
Publisher: Boatman Press Publication: June 30, 2017
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Dean Whitlock
ISBN: 9780990902553
Publisher: Boatman Press
Publication: June 30, 2017
Imprint:
Language: English
  1. Boston. Young Finn O'Neill is learning the trade of a boatman on the harbor. He and his father row for a young clock mender, Peter Jenkins, ferrying him out though the ship channels every day to offer inbound shipmasters his services for their chronometers. One morning, a sea-going Chinese junk appears out of a thick fog and sets Finn's life on its ear. The junk carries Matthew Lawson, a Boston merchant who disappeared in China over 50 years ago but looks hardly a day older. And his half-Chinese daughter, An-Ming – smart, commanding, and head-strong as a Malay pirate. Mr. Lawson hires Peter to repair his fantastic Chinese clock and to build a new one as precise and sturdy as a chronometer. Through Peter, Finn learns that the clock is the key to Mr. Lawson's apparently endless life.

 

But Finn's own life isn’t so easy. He’s Irish, poor, and the son Da O’Neill, a moody man with a fondness for drink, a penchant for brawling, and a worsening cough that rattles deeper in his chest every day. An-Ming becomes Finn’s friend and confidant, only to become the focus of several violent attempts at abduction. In the final incident – played out within the city-wide excitement surrounding the launch of the world’s largest clipper ship – Da O’Neill and Peter are shanghaied. Finn himself barely escapes with the unconscious An-Ming. Using his knowledge of the channels and tides in the harbor, he is able to save Peter from a long trip to Africa. Rescuing his father proves much more difficult, then Finn must face losing him again to disease. Desperate, he steals the amazing new clock Peter has just finished, hoping he can figure out how to make it work for his father, and keep himself free from the thugs chasing An-Ming.

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  1. Boston. Young Finn O'Neill is learning the trade of a boatman on the harbor. He and his father row for a young clock mender, Peter Jenkins, ferrying him out though the ship channels every day to offer inbound shipmasters his services for their chronometers. One morning, a sea-going Chinese junk appears out of a thick fog and sets Finn's life on its ear. The junk carries Matthew Lawson, a Boston merchant who disappeared in China over 50 years ago but looks hardly a day older. And his half-Chinese daughter, An-Ming – smart, commanding, and head-strong as a Malay pirate. Mr. Lawson hires Peter to repair his fantastic Chinese clock and to build a new one as precise and sturdy as a chronometer. Through Peter, Finn learns that the clock is the key to Mr. Lawson's apparently endless life.

 

But Finn's own life isn’t so easy. He’s Irish, poor, and the son Da O’Neill, a moody man with a fondness for drink, a penchant for brawling, and a worsening cough that rattles deeper in his chest every day. An-Ming becomes Finn’s friend and confidant, only to become the focus of several violent attempts at abduction. In the final incident – played out within the city-wide excitement surrounding the launch of the world’s largest clipper ship – Da O’Neill and Peter are shanghaied. Finn himself barely escapes with the unconscious An-Ming. Using his knowledge of the channels and tides in the harbor, he is able to save Peter from a long trip to Africa. Rescuing his father proves much more difficult, then Finn must face losing him again to disease. Desperate, he steals the amazing new clock Peter has just finished, hoping he can figure out how to make it work for his father, and keep himself free from the thugs chasing An-Ming.

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