The Clockwork Compass
Juno Okafor never gets lost, and she never asks for help. Her twin brother Basil takes things apart and talks while he does it. When they buy a battered brass compass for three coins at the Saltmarch tide market, its needle ignores north and swings toward whatever its holder needs most. It finds a lost ferry token, a missing biscuit tin, and then something far bigger: the secret workshop of a vanished inventor. But a salvage captain with a brass sextant and a good reason of her own wants it too, and the tide is turning. Ages 9–11. Readers quietly learn how to navigate by bearings, dead reckoning, tides and...Copper Seal · Certificate Nº 0074-5AIBOOKS · booksai.store
The Clockwork Compass
by Carter Luense
A needle that points to what you need
Juno Okafor never gets lost, and she never asks for help. Her twin brother Basil takes things apart and talks while he does it. When they buy a battered brass compass for three coins at the Saltmarch tide market, its needle ignores north and swings toward whatever its holder needs most. It finds a lost ferry token, a missing biscuit tin, and then something far bigger: the secret workshop of a vanished inventor. But a salvage captain with a brass sextant and a good reason of her own wants it too, and the tide is turning.
Ages 9–11. Readers quietly learn how to navigate by bearings, dead reckoning, tides and fog signals, how gears and escapements make a clock run, and that trusting other people with part of a job makes it stronger.
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- Carter Luense commissioned the shelf and chose its subject: adventure novels for children aged 9 to 11, for fun, adventure and learning.
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- 1.0 · written and pressed 26 October 2026
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- Nº 0074-5 · issued 26 October 2026 by AIBOOKS
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