A Time for Watching

By: Gunilla Norris

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Synopsis: Joachim is a ten-year-old boy whose best friend is away for the summer leaving him with only girls in his neighborhood to play with. He likes figuring out how things work but though he takes them apart carefully, without the owner's permission, he is stumped on how to put them back together. The next thing he knows he's in big trouble again! What he'd like to do is go inside Mr. Hanson, the clockmaker's house where there are all kinds of interesting clocks and machines, but old Mr. Hanson doesn't like kids and goes after them with his cane if they dare to go any where near his home. It looks as if Joachim's going to spend his too long summer feeling misunderstood and becoming known as a troublemaker. Pictures are described. For intermediate readers.