Mortal Engines (Predator Citites) - Softcover

Reeve, Philip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0545222117 ISBN 13: 9780545222112

Publisher: Scholastic Press, 2012

Synopsis

Welcome to the astounding world of Mortal Engines!London is hunting again. Emerging from its hiding place in the hills, the great Traction City is chasing a terrified little town across the wastelands. Soon, London will feed.In the attack, Tom Natsworthy is flung from the speeding city with a murderous scar-faced girl. They must run for their lives through the wreckage--and face a terrifying new weapon that threatens the future of the world.Beloved storyteller Philip Reeve creates a brilliant new world in the Mortal Engines series, called "phenomenal...violent and romantic, action-packed and contemplative, funny and frightening" by the Sunday Times .

About this title

About the Author:

Philip Reeve is the bestselling author of the Predator Cities quartet and the award-winning Fever Crumb series. His other books include the highly acclaimed HERE LIES ARTHUR and NO SUCH THING AS DRAGONS. He lives in Dartmoor, England with his wife and son. Visit him online at philip-reeve.com.

Review:

Praise for Mortal Engines

"A page-turner, this adventure in a city-eat-city world will have readers eagerly suspending disbelief to follow the twists and turns of the imaginative plot." - Booklist

*"Exciting and visually descriptive." - School Library Journal, starred review

Praise for the Mortal Engines Quartet

*"Reeve's [Mortal Engines Quartet] remains a landmark of visionary... imagination." - School Library Journal, starred review (from review of Fever Crumb)

Praise for Fever Crumb

*"Reeve's captivating flights of imagination play as vital a role in the story as his endearing heroine, hissworthy villains, and nifty array of supporting characters." - Booklist, starred review

*"Beautifully written, grippingly paced, and filled with eccentric characters and bizarre inventions... this is a novel guaranteed to please Reeve's fans-and very likely broaden their ranks." - Publishers Weekly, starred review

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0545222117
• ISBN 13: 9780545222112
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320