{"product_id":"the-tinkerers-9781536230505","title":"The Tinkerers","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe astromancers in Peter's star-touched village have an amazing device that nudges time--surely it wouldn't hurt if Peter used it to fix a few mistakes? Cozy fantasy alight with wonder from the author of \u003ci\u003eWicked Marigold.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Peter leads two Tinkerers to his family's inn in Stargazers Valley, he imagines they're like other astromancers, researchers from the Imperial College who study starstuff. The valley is a special place, where the magical aurora called the Skeins appear in the sky and starstuff falls in their wake, as thin and wispy as fluff from a seed pod. But starstuff is powerful, and astromancers are the only people allowed to handle it--a law enforced by the strict and stealthy Outbounder Task Force. When Peter discovers the Tinkerers have used starstuff to invent an incredible not-a-clock that can turn back time for a few minutes, he realizes it's his chance to undo his mistakes: if he can go back and put away his new boots, he doesn't need to add their destruction by falcons to his list of ten worst mistakes (#7: stepping on a star-eating newt). But while using the not-a-clock is easy, \u003ci\u003estopping \u003c\/i\u003eusing it is hard. And maybe not everything that feels like a mistake at the time actually is. Family, friendship, and budding self-confidence are at the heart of Caroline Carlson's stellar fantasy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caroline Carlson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Candlewick Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781536230505\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaroline Carlson\u003c\/b\u003e is also the author of \u003ci\u003eWicked Marigold, \u003c\/i\u003ethe Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates trilogy, \u003ci\u003eThe World's Greatest Detective\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Door at the End of the World.\u003c\/i\u003e Her novels have won accolades from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the American Booksellers Association, Bank Street College of Education, the American Library Association, and Junior Library Guild. She holds an MFA in writing for children from Vermont College of Fine Arts and lives with her family in Pittsburgh.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44119508582445,"sku":"9781536230505","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_10d84a8f-58d3-4992-9520-51ded1b4a7b6.jpg?v=1756228578","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/the-tinkerers-9781536230505","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}