The Secret of the Moon Dial: A Tale of Turicum - Paperback

by Charlotte Wiebe Van Ryswyk (Author)

In Turicum, where everything runs like clockwork, a baby with purple cat-like eyes is left at the train station's newsstand...

Eleven-year-old Kyra works with her adopted papa in the Turicum train station's newsstand, feeling like an outsider as her eyes are like nobody else's. When she discovers a hidden cryptic note with a broken pocket watch left by her mother, Kyra is determined to find her. Against the advice of her best friend, she enlists the help of the curmudgeonly clockmaker to fix the watch. Mysterious time slips during an Amethyst Moon soon lead her to discover the truth about her unique identity.

As the pieces of her history click into place like the gears in her watch, Kyra's growing impatience to change her fate unintentionally sets off a series of alarming events. Children disappear and time starts to fracture. Will her quest to restore temporal balance to the city deprive her of her one chance to feel as though she belongs?