A Darkling Plain (Mortal Engines Series #4)

by Philip Reeve

Overview

Mortal Engines is now a major motion picture produced by Peter Jackson!

* "Reeve's [Mortal Engines] remains a landmark of visionary imagination." -- School Library Journal, starred review"A breathtaking work of imagination, Hester Shaw is a heroine for the ages. The moment we finished reading [Mortal Engines] we knew we wanted to make it into a movie." -- Producer Peter JacksonLondon is a radioactive ruin.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 Fiction Prize.Mortal Engines is now a major motion picture produced by Peter Jackson!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780545394468
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	06/01/2012
Series:	Mortal Engines Series , #4
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	544
Sales rank:	299,814
Lexile:	1000L (what's this?)
File size:	9 MB
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Philip Reeve is the bestselling author of the Mortal Engines quartet, which is now a major motion picture, and the award-winning Fever Crumb series. His other books include the highly acclaimed Here Lies Arthur and No Such Thing As Dragons. He lives in England with his wife and son. Visit him online at philip-reeve.com.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for the Mortal Engines series:* "Exciting and visually descriptive." — School Library Journal, starred review"A page-turner, this adventure in a city-eat-city world will have readers eagerly suspending disbelief to follow the twists and turns of the imaginative plot." — Booklist"Big, brave, brilliant." — Guardian (UK)* "Reeve's [Mortal Engines Quartet] remains a landmark of visionary... imagination." — School Library Journal, starred review "Phenomenal... violent and romantic, action-packed and contemplative, funny and frightening." — Sunday Times (UK)

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