The Clockmaker's Son

by Jenny Phillips, Edward Stevens (Illustrator)

Fritz is fourteen years old and already dreams of being famous. Although he loves his family, he wants nothing to do with his father’s farm or clockmaking business. His dreams of grandeur are only heightened when he gets lost in the woods and befriends a family with more material wealth than he is used to. Then one unexpected event changes everything. Penned with beautifully descriptive style, The Clockmaker’s Son tells the story of one honorable young man as his sacrificing family, good friends, a newfound faith in Christ, and fierce determination help him turn his life around when it seems darker than he could have ever imagined.

190 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2022

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

As a Christian songwriter and music producer, Jenny Phillips has released over 27 albums and has shared her love of music across the world, speaking at over 1,100 events in 23 countries and selling over a million CDs. In order to reduce the stress and time commitments that naturally come with a music label, and so she could focus more on her young family, Jenny left her music label in 2011. She now offers her music for free on www.hislightmusic.com.

When Jenny's children began going to school, she turned toward another one of her passions—education. Jenny began homeschooling in an effort to provide a faith-based, high-academic education focused on building noble character. Not wholly satisfied with any curriculum she could find and deeply concerned about the loss of good literature in our world, she founded The Good and the Beautiful.

Jenny lives in Utah with her husband and five children. In addition to music, motherhood, and good literature, Jenny loves family history, gardening, traveling, and exercising. She is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but she enjoys working with people of many faiths as she shares her multi-denominational curriculum, rejoicing in the common good that all Christians share.

(from https://www.goodandbeautiful.com/about/)

Reviews

[lily. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super good book, so sad though. But the end was worth it!

[Owen Huff · Rating 2 out of 5]

I did not very much like this book because he gets injured and he does not get lost in the woods for long I think it would have done better if for the extent of the book was lost and had to trust in the lord the entire book now why I like it I like the set up where he gets lost in the woods and where he stumbles around trying to get out and how a rich family stoops to help him instead of sending him on his way.

[Jenn Benjamin · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Clockmaker’s Son is a beautifully written book! I kept wanting to read the next chapter, as the author created suspense and the desire to keep reading to know what was going to occur next. Fritz is a character that you want to be more like, as he continued to have an optimistic outlook on life, even when challenges arose.

[Camden Kerr · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book had good descriptive language but, the end was basically the same as Timothy of the tenth floor which is another book by this author.

[Paityn Lewis · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was very boring and I would not recommend it

[Calli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent story with many moral applications. Several very sad parts of this story but the redemption was beautiful.

[G I · Rating 5 out of 5]

it is a great and it teaches you about the Bible

[Aaliyah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book! Sad, happy, and a Christian book. I think Jenny Phillips should make a book about Günter next. I love the ending of the ending!

[Fluffy Mochi · Rating 4 out of 5]

interesting book I enjoyed reading it.

[Mel Murphy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Homeschool read-aloud. Kinda slow, but my kids enjoyed it.

[Angie · Rating 5 out of 5]

James read this as part of his language arts studies. The lessons paced the reading, and he was always so happy for the few times that he was directed to read two chapters instead of just one. As I was entering the book into Goodreads, I asked him what he would rate it, and he quickly yelled, "Five, five, five!"

When Abbie approached the end of the book, she said she wanted to start right over at the beginning, and that it is her new favorite book.

When Catherine finished, she said, "I would give this book a thousand stars if I could."

[Lindsey · Rating 1 out of 5]

it bad