Mothstorm
Author(s): Philip Reeve
New Young Adult Fiction (Ages 13+)
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 Revd Cruet and his daughter Charity. Their most recent communication read: 'Great danger ...imperative that -' And so, aboard a naval gunship, Art, Myrtle and family bravely go where only one man and his daughter have gone before, to determine the nature of the menacing cloud and rescue the Cruets. But the evil which awaits them is far beyond their imagining, and it looks as though Mother may have finally Met Her Match. Lucky, then, that Jack Havock is hot on their heels to help in the battle to save the Universe (again) from an evil demigod and its army of blue lizards, who are intent on deposing none other than Queen Victoria to gain control of the Universe.
Product Information
Philip has won the Smarties Gold Award, Blue Peter Book of the Year and has been shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book Award, since his startling debut in 2001 Utterly unique, wonderfully imaginative, brilliantly written Beautifully designed and illustrated throughout, in gorgeous Magyk format
'Larklight is completely engrossing, miss-your-Tube-station excellent. The first in a new series by the writer of the popular Hungry Cities Chronicles, it is a brilliantly witty quest set in outer space that will get children turning pages at the speed of light.' Telegraph 'Remarkable ... Out of this world.' Sunday Times 'Reeve's mechanical fantasy world is every bit as enthralling as in his Infernal Engines, and Wyatt's illustrations add to the fascination.' Independent 'Fantasy and history are most entertainingly combined in this ingenious and inventive story of Victorian space travel, "decorated throughout" by David Wyatt.' Irish Times Children's Books of the Year
Philip Reeve was born and grew up in Brighton. He worked in a bookshop there and on various other projects before starting a career as an illustrator. Although he has been writing stories since he was very young, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/ex
General Fields
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- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : 01 September 2009
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 10 January 2017
- : books
Special Fields
- : Philip Reeve
- : Paperback
- : 2
- : David Wyatt
- : 823.92
- : 10-12
- : 416
- : Fiction
- : Illustrations