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Paperback
320 pages

Author

Philip Reeve
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Author's Website

www.philip-reeve.com/

Publisher

Scholastic

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Publication date

7th June 2010

ISBN

9781407102436

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Fever Crumb: Mortal Engines Prequel

Philip Reeve
Part of the 'Mortal Engines Quartet' Series

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Julia Eccleshare's comment:

Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2010.Reeves' post-apocalyptic world where mobile cities fight for survival has brought many a child into the world of reading for fun.  Now Fever Crumb, the stand-alone prequel to the quartet and set many generations before the events of Mortal Engines comes alive for an expectant audience.  A dazzling world where a terrifying new enemy is on the attack and buried in London's past is a secret that may save it from destruction.  And the key to unlock it is an orphan called Fever Crumb. It's a secret so explosive that you struggle to breathe as you read this utterly compelling adventure thriller.

To read the Mortal Engines Quartet in order:

1) Mortal Engines

2) Predator's Gold

3) Infernal Devices

4) Darkling Plain

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.

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Synopsis

CILIP CARNEGIE Medal SHORTLIST 2010: Judges’ comments

An exciting and atmospheric story with lots of humour, wit and a skilfully handled narrative. The construction of the world is extremely well done, the theory of memory cleverly explored, and the whole adventure hangs together beautifully.

Fever Crumb is set many generations before the events of Mortal Engines, in whose dazzling world huge, predatory cities chase and devour each other. Now, London is a riot-torn, ruinous town, clinging to a devastated landscape and hiding an explosive secret. Is Fever, adopted daughter of Dr Crumb, the strange key that will unlock its dangerous mysteries?

Reviews

A word from the author's publisher and Editor Marion Lloyd

Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines series defies easy categorisation, but its brilliantly inventive fantasy world immediately grabbed the attention of readers, reviewers and literary prize-givers as soon as the first book appeared. There are now five 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.

About The Author

Philip Reeve was born and raised in Brighton, where he worked in a bookshop for a number of years while also co-writing, producing and directing a number of no-budget theatre projects.

Philip then began illustrating and has since provided cartoons for around forty children’s books, including the best-selling Horrible Histories, Murderous Maths and Dead Famous series.

Philip has 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 reviewers and book buyers. It was shortlisted for several awards and was the Gold Award winner at the Nestle Smarties Book Prize 2002 and the winner of the Blue Peter Book of the Year at the 2003 Awards.

His Publisher - Marion Lloyd says about his Mortal Engines series:

“Philip Reeve’s Mortal Engines series defies easy categorisation, but its brilliantly inventive fantasy world immediately grabbed the attention of readers, reviewers and literary prize-givers as soon as the first book appeared.  There are now five 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, 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

‘If you’ve never read a Philip Reeve novel before, you’re in for a treat. His storytelling abilities are accomplished and his use of language most ingenious – and irreverent’
Waterstone’s Books Quarterly 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

 ‘The Mortal Engines quartet is one of the most inventive and ambitious
children’s novel sequences of recent years’ Nicolette Jones

‘Brilliant… an absorbing and emotionally engaging work’ Amanda Craig, The Times

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