Larklight, or, The revenge of the white spiders!, or, To Saturn's rings and back! a rousing tale of dauntless pluck in the farthest reaches of space
In an alternate Victorian England, young Arthur and his sister Myrtle, residents of Larklight, a floating house in one of Her Majesty's outer space territories, uncover a spidery plot to destroy the solar system.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Bloomsbury Children's Books : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers,
c2006.
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
| Series: | Reeve, Philip. Larklight ;
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| Summary: | In an alternate Victorian England, young Arthur and his sister Myrtle, residents of Larklight, a floating house in one of Her Majesty's outer space territories, uncover a spidery plot to destroy the solar system. |
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| Physical Description: | 399 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. |
| Awards: | A Junior Library Guild selection. |
| ISBN: | 9781599900209 1599900203 9781599901459 1599901455 |
| Author Notes: | Philip Reeve worked in a bookshop and produced and directed several theater projects before embarking on a career as an illustrator and a writer. His first novel, Mortal Engines , was shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book Award and won the GOLD Nestle Smarties book prize. He lives in Devon, England, with his wife and their son. |
