The Running Machine: The Invention of the Very First Bicycle Children's Family Life Books Ever since their dad left

Ever since their dad left

she’s hunted down and dispatched rapists

” —NPR

Pluto is from another planet

So does Clifford Garstang's vivid and simmering novel

The Running Machine: The Invention of the Very First Bicycle Children's Family Life Books Ever since their dad leftA story of pluck and determination inspired by the real events of 1815 17, when a young man named Karl Drais invented the very first bicycle. Before there were trains, or cars, or planes, people rode horses to travel from place to place. Then came the Year without a Summer, when a cloud of volcanic ash blocked the sun and crops withered across half the world. With no oats to eat, horses grew too weak to walk. Everyone despairedhow would they get