Philip Reeve
Author
Series
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Description
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.
2) Railhead
Author
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a world of drones and androids Zen Starling is a human thief, but mostly he just likes to ride the Interstellar Express, the sentient trains that travel through the K gates from planet to planet, something only the Guardians understand--but now the mysterious Raven wants him to steal the Pyxis, an object that could either open up a new gate, challenging the Guardians, or put the entire gate system, and the universe itself in danger.
Author
Series
Mortal engines quartet volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the distant future, when fifteen-year-old Wren Natsworthy, bored with life in Anchorage, steals an Old-Tech book for a Lost Boy, she sets off a sequence of events that leads her parents, Tom and Hester, back into battle with old enemies and new.
Author
Series
Mortal engines quartet volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
1000L
Physical Desc
532 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
London is a radioactive ruin. But Tom and Wren discover that the old predator city hides an awesome secret that could bring an end to the war. But as they risk their lives in its dark underbelly, time is running out. Alone and far away, Hester faces a fanatical enemy who possesses the weapons and the will to destroy the entire human race.The final book in the Mortal Engines series, Philip Reeve's A Darkling Plain is the winner of the Guardian Children's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
Lexile measure
950L
Physical Desc
317 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the distant future, when cities move about and consume smaller towns, Tom and Hester hope that the ice city of Anchorage will reach the rumored haven of the Dead Continent--America--before the savage Huntsmen of Arkangel find them.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
"Far away, in a winter wonderland, an amazing sled race is about to begin. The winner can make one wish, and it will magically come true! Two friends, Sika and Shen, want to win more than anything. But all they have is a pack of yappy, yippy, pug puppies. Ten pugs can't move their sled. Even with thirty, it doesn't budge. But what about...sixty-six? With a little bit of luck, anything is paws-ible" -- Page [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
"Astra's family is moving--to a whole new planet. And what does any kid need on moving day? Snacks! But when the spaceship's computer tries to whip up the ultimate treat, it makes cakes that come to life. These cake-monsters will destroy the ship! Can Astra and her robot friend stop them in time? Or are these deadly desserts a recipe for disaster?" -- Page [4] cover.
10) Fever Crumb
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st American ed.
Lexile measure
1000L
Physical Desc
vii, 325 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Foundling Fever Crumb has been raised as an engineer although females in the future London, England, are not believed capable of rational thought, but at age fourteen she leaves her sheltered world and begins to learn startling truths about her past while facing danger in the present.
13) Mortal engines
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 128 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a post-apocalyptic world where cities ride on wheels and consume each other to survive, two people meet in London and try to stop a conspiracy.