Staff Picks by Jack
Jack is a local student who loves graphic novels and playing with our bookstore cat, Pippi.
$11.99
ISBN: 9780375826696
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - April 26th, 2005
Holy guacamole, just imagine the land and setting of Lord of the Rings mixed with the characters and story of Star Wars, and that's what you have here. An absolute joy and thrill to read, Eragon is exactly what you're looking for if you are stuck in between fantasy and sci-fi. - Jack
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For anyone wanting to try a steam punk or for steam-punk aficionados this book is ideal. Set in two distinct steam-punk worlds that have turned 19th Century European life on its head: the world of the Clankers, advanced and powerful steam-powered machines in Austral-Hungary, and that of the Beasties, genetically fabricated Darwinian creatures in Britain. The story follows Daryn, a girl disguised as a boy to enter the British Air Service so she can fly. It also follows Alek, the prince of Austral-Hungary who must flee his royal after his parents are assassinated. From two separate opposing worlds, Alek and Daryn are thrown together by extreme circumstances aboard the mighty airship, the giant hydrogen-breathing modified whale of the air the Leviathan. A roller-coaster of action and intrigue, this book is also an incredibly well thought out politically and historically. - Linnea
