{"product_id":"the-tinkerers-caroline-carlson-hardcover","title":"The Tinkerers -- Caroline Carlson, Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\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\/strong\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Caroline Carlson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Candlewick Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\/7\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.25 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.3\" H x 5.9\" L x 1.8\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781536230505\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Uncle Jon's Book Factory","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47023093252250,"sku":"9781536230505","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/3015\/4138\/files\/9781536230505.jpg?v=1774721773","url":"https:\/\/unclejonsbookfactory.com\/products\/the-tinkerers-caroline-carlson-hardcover","provider":"Uncle Jon's Book Factory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}