The Five Impossible Tasks of Eden Smith
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Chapter Book · Ages 10–14 · 2024 · Est. 10.5 hour read

The Five Impossible Tasks of Eden Smith

By Tom Llewellyn

Eden faces deadly tasks to save her grandfather from a secretive guild.

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358 pages· 95,775 words· Est. 10.5 hour read
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Eden Smith discovers a magical society of metalworkers in her grandfather's mansion. When her grandfather is imprisoned for defying the guild, Eden must complete The Five Impossible Tasks to save him. With the help of her friend Nathaniel and quirky machinists, she embarks on a perilous journey. Can Eden defy the odds and rescue her only family before it's too late?

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Challenged by a secret society of metalworkers, Eden must do all she can to save the only family she has left in this fantasy adventure. When Eden Smith moves into the beautiful and bizarre old mansion housing her grandfather, she discovers a strange society of elderly metalworkers whose mastery verges on the magical. Deadly mechanical birds, a cavernous chamber full of dirty dishes, a highly dangerous game of Machinist BINGO-life at the guild is not only strange, it’s also dangerous. Eden’s grandfather, Vulcan Smith, the most gifted of all the metalsmiths in the mansion, has just been sentenced to live out the rest of his days locked in a tiny basement room for rebelling against the guild. To save him, Eden will have to complete The Five Impossible Tasks, a series of deadly feats that have already killed off many of Eden and Vulcan’s ancestors. With the help of her new friend Nathaniel and a cast of eccentric old silversmiths, blacksmiths, and inventive machinists, Eden sets out to do the impossible before her newfound grandfather is lost to her forever. In The Five Impossible Tasks of Eden Smith, Tom Llewellyn has crafted a wholly original world of wild contraptions, roguish characters, and perilous feats perfect for fans of Karuna Riazi, Laura Ruby, and Lemony Snicket.

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
358
Words
95,775
Reading age
10–14
Audience
Middle Grade
Themes & topics
Books about grandpaBooks about secretsBooks about technologyBooks about familyBooks about inventions
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Published
January 2, 2024
Publisher
Holiday House
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780823453122

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