Philip Reeve
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Arthur (Art) Mumby and his irritating sister Myrtle live with their father in the huge and rambling house, Larklight, travelling through space on a remote orbit far beyond the Moon. One ordinary sort of morning they receive a correspondence informing them that a gentleman is on his way to visit, a Mr Webster. Visitors to Larklight are rare if not unique, and a frenzy of preparation ensues. But it is entirely the wrong sort of preparation, as they...
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IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 13
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In the distant future, when cities move about and consume smaller towns, a fifteen-year-old apprentice is pushed out of London by the man he most admires and must seek answers in the perilous Out-Country, aided by one girl and the memory of another
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There is an old saying: if something is too good to be true, it probably is. Take the holiday that Art Mumby, his irritating younger sister Myrtle, and their mother take to Starcross, the finest sea-bathing resort in the entire Asteroid Belt. The fact that there are no seas anywhere should give you a clue. Sure enough, Art and family quickly find themselves grappling with French spies, Yankee rebels, and man-eating starfish. With stops to the future
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Mortal Engines is now a major motion picture produced by Peter Jackson!* "Reeve's [Mortal Engines] remains a landmark of visionary imagination." -- School Library Journal, starred review"A breathtaking work of imagination, Hester Shaw is a heroine for the ages. The moment we finished reading [Mortal Engines] we knew we wanted to make it into a movie." -- Producer Peter JacksonLondon is a radioactive ruin.Tom and Wren discover that the old predator...
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Not-so-impossible tales volume 1
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"When Oliver's explorer parents go missing, he sets sail on the rescue mission with some new, unexpected friends"--
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Bloomsbury Publishing
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When the festive season arrives at Larklight, so does some unsettling news. A sinister-looking cloud is fast approaching the outskirts of the Known Universe. The closest planet, Georgium Sidus, has but two human inhabitants: the missionary Rev Cruet and his daughter Charity: most recent communication: 'Great danger - imperative that-'.
And so, aboard a Naval Gunship, Art, Myrtle and family, bravely go where only one man and his daughter have...
And so, aboard a Naval Gunship, Art, Myrtle and family, bravely go where only one man and his daughter have...
10) Infernal Devices
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Philip Reeve's epic city-eat-city adventure series continues with Mortal Engines Book 3: Infernal Devices.
The mighty engines of Anchorage have been rusted and dead for years. The derelict city no longer roams the Ice Wastes, but has settled on the edge of the land that was once America. Tom Natsworthy and Hester Shaw are happy in the safety of a static settlement, but their daughter, Wren, is desperate for adventure. When a dangerously charming...
11) A Web of Air
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Called "imaginative, inventive, and exciting" in a starred review from Kirkus, the second adventure in the Fever Crumb trilogy is not to be missed.
In a ruined world, Fever seeks the lost secret of flight.Two years ago, Fever Crumb escaped the war-torn city of London in a traveling theater. Now, she arrives in the extraordinary city of Mayda, where buildings ascend the cliffs on funicular rails, and a mysterious recluse is building a machine that...
12) Scrivener's Moon
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The final adventure in Philip Reeve's brilliant Fever Crumb trilogy
The Scriven people are brilliant, mad--and dead. All except one, whose monstrous creation is nearly complete--a giant city on wheels. New London terrifies the rest of the world, and an army of mammoth-riders gathers to fight it. Meanwhile, young Fever Crumb begins a hunt for Ancient technology in the icy strongholds of the north. She finds a mysterious black pyramid full of secrets....
13) Predator's Gold
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Philip Reeve's epic city-eat-city adventure series continues with Mortal Engines Book 2: Predator's Gold.
With the great Traction City of London completely destroyed, Tom Natsworthy and Hester Shaw travel across the world, trading with other airships and adventuring on the exciting and exotic routes of the Bird Roads. When their little scrapyard aircraft is pursued by rocket-firing gunships, the ice city of Anchorage offers them sanctuary. But as...
14) Fever Crumb
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A stunning fantasy novel by master storyteller Philip Reeve
There's a great secret lurking in Fever's past. When Fever Crumb begins to assist archeologist Kit Solent on a top-secret project involving a long-dead Scriven overlord, she is plagued by memories that are not her own. And Kit seems to have a particular interest in finding out what they are. All Fever knows is what she's been told: that she is an orphan. Is Fever a Scriven? Whose memories...
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A thrilling adventure from award-winning master storyteller Philip Reeve!
Ansel's new master slays dragons for a living. He says he's hunted the monstrous worms all over Christendom-and he has the scars to prove it! But is Brock just a clever trickster in shining armor? Ansel is sure there is no such things as dragons. So what is the man-eating creature that lives in the crags of Dragon Mountain? As he and Brock climb the perilous ice-face to its...
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Accelerated Reader
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Return to the world of Mortal Engines in this new book of short stories about the rebellious young aviatrix, Anna Fang, illustrated by Ian McQue. A key character in the Mortal Engines book and upcoming film produced by Peter Jackson (December 2018), this is your chance to learn more of Anna's thrilling past. Night Flights includes Traction City, Philip Reeve's 2011 World Book Day Book.
In a dangerous future world where gigantic, motorized cities...
17) Mothstorm
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Having received a dire plea from the only two inhabitants on the planet Georgium Sidus, Art, Myrtle, and their family decide that they must travel to their neighboring planet in order help Reverend Cruet and his daughter in whatever way they can and end up in the midst of a dangerous quest with the fate of the entire Empire at risk.
18) Jagd durchs Eis
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"Mortal Engines - Jagd durchs Eis" ist der zweite Teil von Philip Reeves epischer Fantasyserie um die fahrenden Städte.
Vor zwei Jahren hat sich London selbst zerstört. Tom und Hester leben seitdem an Bord ihres Luftschiffs Jenny Haniver und bereisen die Welt als Händler und Abenteurer. Als in Airhaven ein Passagier ihre Dienste in Anspruch nehmen will, überlegen sie deshalb nicht lange. Zumal es sich um Nimrod Pennyroyal handelt, den größten...
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"Mortal Engines - Der Grüne Sturm" ist der dritte Band in Philip Reeves monumentaler Fantasysaga voller Luftschiffe und Piraten, Kopfgeldjäger und fahrender Städte.
Die Motoren von Anchorage stehen schon seit langem still, und Wren wünscht sich nichts sehnlicher, als ihre Heimat zu verlassen und endlich einmal ein Abenteuer zu erleben. Die Geschichten ihrer Eltern Tom und Hester kennt sie auswendig - und wartet dort draußen nicht eine Welt voller...
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"Mortal Engines - Krieg der Städte" ist der Auftaktband zu Philip Reeves monumentaler Fantasyserie voller Luftschiffe und Piraten, Kopfgeldjäger und Aeronauten - und fahrender Städte. Niemand hatte mit einem Attentat gerechnet. Als das Mädchen mit dem Tuch vor dem Gesicht ein Messer zückt, um den Obersten Historiker Londons, Thaddeus Valentine, umzubringen, kann ihm der junge Gehilfe Tom in letzter Sekunde das Leben retten. Er verfolgt das Mädchen,...