The Cabinet of Wonders

The Kronos Chronicles: Book I

By: Marie Rutkoski

Narrated by: Lorelei King

Marie Rutkoski's startling debut novel, the first book in the Kronos Chronicles, about the risks we take to protect those we love, brims with magic, political intrigue, and heroism.

Petra Kronos has a simple, happy life. But it's never been ordinary. She has a pet tin spider named Astrophil who likes to hide in her snarled hair and give her advice. Her best friend can trap lightning inside a glass sphere. Petra also has a father in faraway Prague who is able to move metal with his mind. He has been commissioned by the prince of Bohemia to build the world's finest astronomical clock. Petra's life is forever changed when, one day, her father returns home – blind. The prince has stolen his eyes, enchanted them, and now wears them. But why? Petra doesn't know, but she knows this: she will go to Prague, sneak into Salamander Castle, and steal her father's eyes back. Joining forces with Neel, whose fingers extend into invisible ghosts that pick locks and pockets, Petra finds that many people in the castle are not what they seem, and that her father's clock has powers capable of destroying their world.

The Cabinet of Wonders is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

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good book for book report and it is very adventurous for people who like the movie looking through the glass

ready to read more

Loved it
I'm so happy to have read it. I'm ready for the next books

Engaging

I really enjoyed the characters and world development in this book. Really hope the next audio books are released soon because I’d love to continue listening. Narrator is excellent. Please release the next books!!

For younger listeners

It was a fine fairy tale. There was no character development and the story was very basic. It is definitely a lovely story for younger children.

It was okay

This book was okay. I downloaded it because I like Lorelei King as a narrator, but I found this book uninteresting. I didn't really enjoy the story and I found that I would zone in and out and miss parts of the plot.