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Mortal engines / a novel by Philip Reeve.

Reeve, Philip. (Author).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0060082070
  • ISBN: 9780060082079
  • ISBN: 0060082089
  • ISBN: 9780060082086
  • Physical Description: 310 pages ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: First American edition
  • Publisher: New York : EOS, 2003.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
1. Hunting Ground 3 -- 2. Valentine 14 -- 3. Waste Chute 25 -- 4. Out-Country 31 -- 5. Lord Mayor 37 -- 6. Speedwell 45 -- 7. High London 56 -- 8. Trading Center 65 -- 9. Jenny Haniver 72 -- 10. The 13th Floor Elevator 80 -- 11. Airhaven 84 -- 12. Gasbag and Gondola 93 -- 13. Resurrected Man 102 -- 14. Guildhall 111 -- 15. Rustwater Marshes 116 -- 16. Turd Tanks 127 -- 17. Pirate Suburb 137 -- 18. Bevis 148 -- 19. Sea of Khazak 158 -- 20. Black Island 169 -- 21. In the Engineerium 178 -- 22. Grike 187 -- 23. Medusa 194 -- 24. An Agent of the League 205 -- 25. Historians 211 -- 26. Batmunkh Gompa 219 -- 27. Dr. Arkengarth Remembers 233 -- 28. A Stranger in the Mountains of Heaven 238 -- 29. Going Home 248 -- 30. A Hero's Welcome 253 -- 31. Eavesdropper 260 -- 32. Chudleigh Pomeroy Sees It Through 266 -- 33. Wine and Nibbles and the Dawn of a New Era 277 -- 34. Idea for a Fireworks Display 286 -- 35. Cathedral 295 -- 36. Shadow of Bones 304 -- 37. Bird Roads 308.
Target Audience Note:
990L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 6.6 13 74320.
Awards Note:
Nestlé Smarties book prize Gold Award.
Whitbread Children's book award shortlist.

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Subject: Science fiction > Fiction.
Science fiction > Juvenile literature.
Genre: Science fiction.
Young adult fiction.

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Hampton B. Allen Library YA FIC REEVE (Text) 18198000420416 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Leath Memorial Library YA FIC REEVE (Text) 58198000441504 Young Adult Fiction Available -