| Note |
"The first book in the thrilling Predator Cities quartet"--Cover. |
| NOTE |
Accelerated Reader MG+ 6.6 13 74320 |
| Contents |
Part 1: The hunting ground -- Valentine -- The waste chute -- The out-country -- The Lord Mayor -- Speedwell -- High London -- The trading center -- The Jenny Haniver -- The 13th Floor Elevator -- Airhaven -- The gasbag and gondola -- The resurrected man -- The guildhall -- The Rustwater Marshes -- The turd tanks -- The pirate suburb -- Bevis -- The Sea of Khazak -- The Black Island -- In the engineerium -- Grike -- MEDUSA -- Part 2: An agent of the league -- The historians -- Batmunkh Gompa -- Dr. Arkengarth remembers -- A stranger in the mountains of heaven -- Going home -- A hero's welcome -- The eavesdropper -- Chudleigh Pomeroy sees it through -- Wine and nibbles and the dawn of a new era -- Idea for a fireworks display -- The cathedral -- The shadow of bones -- The bird roads. |
| Summary |
"Emerging from its hiding place in the hills, the great Traction City of London chases one terrified little town across the wastelands. If it cannot overpower smaller, slower prey, the city will come to a standstill and risk being taken over by another. In the attack, Tom Natsworthy, Apprentice Historian to the London Museum, is flung from its speeding superstructure into the barren wasteland of Out-Country. His only companion is Hester Shaw, a murderous, scar-faced girl who does not particularly want Tom's company. But if they are to make it back to London, before Stalkers or hungry cities get them first, they will need to help each other, and fast. If Hester is to be believed, London is planning something atrocious, and the future of the world could be at stake. Can they get back to London before it's too late?"--P. [4] of cover. |
| Audience |
990L Lexile |
| Subject |
London (England) -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Science fiction.
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Steampunk fiction.
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Young adult fiction.
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| Series |
Hungry city chronicles ; 001
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| ISBN |
9780060082079
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0060082070
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9780060082086
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0060082089
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9780329822729
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0329822721
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9780545222112
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0545222117
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9781338201123
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1338201123
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9781338303711
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1338303716
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