When a travelling medicine show arrives in Natalie's small Missouri town, she feels in her gut that something about this caravan of healers is a bit off. Her uneasiness leads her to investigate the intricate maze of the medicine show, where she discovers a horrible truth and realises that only she has the power to set things right. Set in 1914, 'The Boneshaker' is a gripping, richly textured novel about family, community, courage, and looking evil directly in the face in order to conquer it. AGES: 9-12 AUTHOR: Kate Milford has written for stage and screen, and is a regular travel columnist for the Nagspeake Board of Tourism and Culture. 'The Boneshaker' is her first book.