Twelve-year-old Petra, accompanied by her magical tin spider, goes to Prague hoping to retrieve the enchanted eyes the Prince of Bohemia took from her father, and is aided in her quest by a Roma boy and his sister.
Petra Kronos has a simple, happy life. But itb2ss 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 worldb2ss finest astronomical clock. Petrab2ss life is forever changed when, one day, her father returns homeb7sblind ...
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