Mortal engines / a novel by Philip Reeve.

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.
Copyright: ©2001

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.