By Philip Reeve (author)
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Philip Reeve’s epic Mortal Engines series has set the imagination of many a child completely wild since it first began. This is the 6th novel to be set in the awesome world of Mortal Engines and the sequel to Fever Crumb . Every one of his Mortal Engines titles stands out as a truly special read. With Web of Air you will be taken on an emotional journey as well as an enthralling one that’s full of surprises. Above all it will make you think about life as you know it and what could happen to it if it were ruined.
If you love Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines sequence you should also read Haywired by Alex Keller. Also, click here to read Alex Keller's interview with Philip Reeve in The Solitary Bee.
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award 2011: Favourite Story.
Here is a list of all the shortlisted books:
Best Book with Facts:
Do Igloos Have Loos? - Mitchell Symons
How the World Works - Christiane Dorion
What You Need To Know Now: The World in Facts, Stats, and Graphics - Joe Fullman, Ian Graham, Sally Regan and Isabel Thomas
Most Fun Story with Pictures:
Alienography - Chris Riddell
Mr Gum and the Cherry Tree - Andy Stanton
Lunatics and Luck (The Raven Mysteries) - Marcus Sedgwick
Dead Man's Cove (A Laura Marlin Mystery) - Lauren St John
A Web of Air (Mortal Engines) - Philip Reeve
Tall Story - Candy Gourlay
Two years ago, Fever Crumb escaped the war-torn city of London in a travelling theatre. Now she arrives in the extraordinary crater city of Mayda, where buildings ascend the cliffs on funicular rails and a mysterious recluse is building a machine that can fly. Fever is the engineer he needs - but ruthless enemies will kill to possess their secrets.
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This is the fabulous sixth book in the Mortal Engines series, from the brilliant and award-winning Philip Reeve.
Philip Reeve was our Guest Editor for June 2012. Click here to see his books and some that inspired him.
Philip Reeve was born and raised in Brighton, where he worked in a bookshop for years while also producing and directing a number of no-budget theatre projects. Philip then began illustrating and has since provided cartoons and jokes for around forty books, including the best-selling Scholastic series Horrible Histories , as well as Murderous Maths and Dead Famous . He's been writing stories since he was five, but Mortal Engines was the first to be published.
Mortal Engines defies easy categorisation. It is a gripping adventure story set in an inspired fantasy world, where moving cities trawl the globe. A magical and unique read, it immediately caught the attention of readers and reviewers and won several major awards. Three more Predator Cities novels followed, and Philip's latest project are the Fever Crumb books, prequels set centuries before the events of Mortal Engines . Philip has also written Buster Bayliss , a series for younger readers, and stand alone novels including Here Lies Arthur , which won the Carnegie Medal. Philip lives in Devon with his wife and son and his interests are walking, drawing, writing and reading. You can keep up with Philip here on Instagram @thesolitarybee
Click here to see a Philip talking about his new adventure book, Oliver and the Seawigs, a collaboration with Sarah McIntyre .
Philip Reeve's fiction publisher, Marion Lloyd, describes his Predator Cities series:
“..inspiring adventure stories, in whose futuristic, post-apocalyptic setting, moving cities trawl the Earth. They attack and consume each other in wastelands where natural resources are scarce, and Ancient technology is fought for. Fast-paced, sometimes violent, always surprising and original, Reeve’s epic sequence of love, war and adventure are richly rewarding for both adults and children.”
Praise for Philip Reeve: ‘Conveys big truths while being witty and playful...clever and moving’ - The Sunday Times on Fever Crumb ‘Intelligent, funny and wise’ - Literary Review on Fever Crumb ‘I felt as if the pages themselves were charged with electricity... Fever Crumb is a terrific read, a sci-fi Dickens, full of orphans, villains, chases and mysteries’ - Frank Cottrell Boyce in The Guardian on Fever Crumb ‘Reeve drives his juggernaut of a talent through the streets of a mob-crazed futuristic London with Cecil B DeMille grandeur. Resent being suckered into sequels? Fever Crumb is a complete story – but it may prove addictive’ - Geraldine McCaughrean, Daily Telegraph on Fever Crumb ‘A bold, brightly honed narrative that grabs and holds the attention from the start’ - Interzone on Fever Crumb ‘A masterpiece’ - Sunday Telegraph ‘Big, brave, brilliant’ - Guardian ‘A majestic achievement’ - Sunday Times ‘Mind bogglingly well-imagined’ - Independent ‘Marvellous… utterly captivating in its imaginative scope and energy’ - Daily Telegraph ‘Brilliant… an absorbing and emotionally engaging work’ - Amanda Craig, The Times
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Two years ago, Fever Crumb escaped the war-torn city of London in a travelling theatre. Now she arrives in the extraordinary crater city of Mayda, where buildings ascend the cliffs on funicular rails and a mysterious recluse is building a machine that can fly.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Fever Crumb: A Web of Air and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Fever Crumb: A Web of Air features in the following genres: Books of the Month, Recommendations, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Recommended Children's eBooks
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Fever Crumb: A Web of Air was written by Philip Reeve and published by Scholastic
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