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Clockwork Angel 
by Cassandra Clare
A chill is not all that awaits sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray in the damp fog of Victorian England as she arrives from New York City to look for her brother. Terrifying creatures lurk in the darkness of London's Downworld. Tessa is kidnapped and tormented by the sinister Dark Sisters until she unlocks her power to transform into other people. This ability, previously unknown to Tessa, makes her a coveted prize for their leader, the Magister. But, London and all its inhabitants do not go unprotected. Shadowhunters, including beautiful but angry Will and kind-hearted but doomed Jem, are duty bound to keep order. When Tessa's path crosses with the Shadowhunters she is saved, at least for the moment, and is allowed refuge at the Institute. There she struggles to figure out what she is, where her brother has gone and, perhaps most unsettling, why she is irresistibly drawn to both Will and Jem. These questions lead her down a dangerous path where the fate of the world and her heart are at stake.
(booktalk by Kirsten Gunn Highline High School Library)
Clockwork Angel
by Cassandra Clare
[Speaking as Tessa, teenage girl:]
It is always the same. Nothing at first, then the flicker of something at the back of my mind, and then I'm inside someone else's skin. Inside their mind.
[As the narrator:]
Tessa Gray travelled to London intending to see her brother, instead she discovers a power she never knew she had. And a world she never believed could exist. Who is Tessa Gray? What is Tessa Gray? And who can she trust?
[Speaking as Tessa, teenage girl:]
"I always wondered what my first kiss would be like. I never imagined that the kiss would be so brief, and desperate and wild. Or that it would taste like holy water. Holy water and blood.
[As the narrator:]
Re-enter the world of the shadow hunters: Read clockwork angel.
(booktalk from the official book trailer by Simon & Schuster)
Last Updated:
April 9, 2012
