Vögelein. [1], Clockwork faerie

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Title:

Vögelein. [1], Clockwork faerie

Alternate title:

Clockwork faerie

Clockwork fairy

Author:

Irwin, Jane, author.

Berndt, Jeff.

Summary:

When her Guardian of fifty years dies, leaving her with only five hours before she winds down forever, Vogelein, a tiny clockwork faerie crafted in 1671, begins a search for someone new to care for her.

Physical Description:

167 p. : chiefly ill. ; 21 cm.

Genre:

Graphic novels.

Comics (Graphic works)

Subject Term:

Fairies -- Fiction.

Machinery -- Fiction.

Author(s):

Berndt, Jeff.

Publisher:

Fiery Studios,

Publication Date:

2003

ISBN:

9780974311005

9781415549285

Publication Information:

Kalamazoo, MI : Fiery Studios, c2003.

Call Number:

YA IRWIN

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When Jakob, Vögelein's Guardian of fifty years, dies quietly in his sleep one night, her life is thrown into utter turmoil. Left without someone to wind her, the tiny clockwork faerie has less than five hours to live - unless she can find someone to trust. Unable to reach the keyhole in her back, she continues to wind down until she stops -- and then her memories of the past three hundred years will quickly slip away, leaving her a simple automaton unable to speak or move on her own. In her search for a new Guardian, Vögelein must grapple with her own past, her current daily survival and a true Faerie who has taken an instant disliking to her, all so that she will not lose her memories -- and her self.

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Library Journal Review

Vogelein is a mechanical fairy doll made in 17th-century Germany who took on a life of her own. Since her creator's death, she has passed from one caretaker to another, each of whom is sure to wind her once a day with her key; if she goes 36 hours without winding, she will lose her memories and, eventually, her life. Now she is forced to make her own way in a modern city when her latest guardian dies. Various encounters-with a man who betrays her, a bitter and twisted genuine faerie, and an outcast who knows about the faerie world-allow her to learn about her own nature and to gain, perhaps for the first time in her life, not a guardian but a friend. This is a touching story, somber and reflective, and Irwin's exquisite, realistic black-and-white paintings fit the book's air of memory and strangeness very well. Recommended for teen and adult fans of prose fantasies in modern settings at all libraries. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.