Springs boinged and gears clanked-something was wrong with the clock, Lucy realized with mounting horror. Graves was gone, she registered in one moment, and in the next, an explosion of red light from the mechanical room nearly blinded her. Greg also teaches drama at East Carolina University, and is busy working on his next novel. Check out WATCH HOLLOW, the first book in his series for HarperCollins, as well as its sequel, THE ALCHEMIST’S SHADOW, coming in 2020. His other works for children have received starred reviews from Kirkus, School Library Journal, and ALA Booklist. His first book for Disney-Hyperion, ALISTAIR GRIM’S ODDITORIUM (2015), was a New York Times best seller and an Amazon Best Book of the Month. He considers this to be his finest work, but unfortunately it has been lost to time. Gregory Funaro grew up in Cranston, Rhode Island, and wrote his first story, The Ghost in the Window, in the fourth grade.

The Kojimas claim to be the rightful heirs to Blackford House, and soon after their arrival, a great evil enters the Tinkers’ new home, cursing it and turning it into an ever-changing labyrinth.Īs a result, Lucy and Oliver, along with their clock animal friends, must now join forces with the twins to escape this labyrinth and save Blackford House, all while a new monster lurks around the corner. Yet when a strange governess arrives from England-bringing with her the Kojima twins, Agatha and Algernon-the Tinker children’s once bright future quickly begins to dim. Powered by a magical clock and full of curious rooms and improbable knickknacks, Blackford House brims with the promise of new adventures. Having defeated the Garr, a vicious tree monster who lived within the enchanted woods of Watch Hollow, Lucy and Oliver Tinker now have the home they’ve always dreamed of: Blackford House. New York Times bestselling author Gregory Funaro brings us the second installment of the thrilling Watch Hollow series, where magic exists, monsters roam, and wooden animals come to life. You can watch a book trailer, read an excerpt, join a giveaway (open INT), and of course I also got information on the book/author. Welcome to the Blog Tour for Watch Hollow: The Alchemist’s Shadow by Gregory Funaro! I am so happy I can be part of this tour as I was also part of the Nerd Blast for the first book last year.įor today’s post I got tons of things.

Watch Hollow by Gregory Funaro