Her father is suffering from a serious illness. Hannah is a maid at the Gilbert Hotel who is supporting her whole family with the little wage she receives.
What an amazing apprentice clockmaker he is, but he struggles with the journeyman project. On the other hand, Fredrick was an orphan. One day, he finds a green violin and "did not think it would help him escape." He worked for a cruel padrone, Stephano. The talented violin player, Giuseppe, earns money by playing on the streets.
Set in the Victorian period, three characters, Giuseppe, Fredrick, and Hannah, work their way towards their own individual goals with each other’s help. Like The Invention of Hugo Cabret, magic is involved leaving readers with curious wonders. Like Flipped, each chapter is written with different points of views. Like The Golden Compass, their adventurous journey is filled with hardships but also friendships. Kirby’s first book, tells the tale of three kids connected in some way and uniting their stories as one.
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