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Welcome to the WBZ book Club.
This is Jordan Rich. It's the first

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book in the series The Clockwork Century
by Sherry Priest, and it's called bone

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Shaker. Time period the early eighteen
sixties, and there's rumors of gold and

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them nar Hills and the frozen Klondike
in the Pacific Northwest. Prospectors from Russia

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bring on an inventor, Leviticus Blue, to create an amazing new machine that

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could cut through the thick ice of
Alaska. It's known as Doctor Blue's Incredible

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bone Shaking Drill. But when put
into operation, disaster unfolds and the machine

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cracks open the earth that releases a
gas that turns anyone who breathes it into

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a zombie. Many years later,
the son of Doctor Blue, Ezekiel,

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heads off to the blighted area outside
of Seattle, a city teeming with the

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undead and with danger. It's a
mind bending fantasy mainly for young readers,

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with some very memorable characters and a
likable sixteen year old hero. Lots of

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fun for young readers. Bone Shaker
by Sherry Priest, and that's the book

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