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Mortal Engines

by Philip Reeve

Ages 11–13 Reading age 12 Novel Set in somewhere magical adventurousthoughtful

London rolls across a dead continent on wheels, eating smaller towns. An apprentice is thrown off it, into the mud, with a scarred girl who wants revenge.

A story about children and a grown-up villain, adventurous and thoughtful in tone. We would put it with children of 11–13, and at a reading age of about 12 for reading alone.

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