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1. Philip Reeve

Mortal Engines

In a dangerous future, huge motorized cities hunt, attack and fight each other for survival. As London pursues a small town, young apprentice Tom is flung out into the wastelands, where a terrifying cyborg begins to hunt him down. The first book in the award-winning MORTAL ENGINES quartet.

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Fever Crumb

FEVER CRUMB is a stunning, stand-alone prequel to Philip Reeve's brilliant science fantasy quartet. It 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?

Mortal Engines Quartet characters

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. This is a list of characters from Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines Quartet. Tom Natsworthy, a 15-year-old apprentice Historian at the beginning of the series, he eventually has diverse adventures across the world. Hester Shaw, a fierce young woman with a horrible scar across her face. Wren Natsworthy, Tom and Hester's daughter who is kidnapped from their home and, as a result, finds herself experiencing the same sort of adventures as her parents had.

Lost Boys (Mortal Engines)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Lost Boys are a shadowy, fictional organisation which appears in the Mortal Engines Quartet written by Philip Reeve. The leader of the Lost Boys is a man called Stilton Kael, known to the boys as Uncle. The Kael Family was a wealthy and powerful family on the Traction City of Arkangel, running engines, salvage yards, agriculture etc. Uncle was given control of a salvage yard and was in charge of the slaves working there. However, Uncle fell in love with a slave there named Anna Fang. He gave her the best food and made sure all the hard work was kept from her. He gave her presents and planned to marry her. However, Anna Fang was secretly building an airship, on the pretext that Uncle had ordered it. She sold her presents to buy fuel and gas for her airship and one day escaped. Uncle was arrested for aiding a slave escape and banished on to the Ice Wastes with nothing.

Murderous Maths

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Murderous Maths is a series of British educational books by author Kjartan Poskitt. Most of the books in the series are illustrated by illustrator and author Philip Reeve, with the exception of "The 5ecret L1fe of Code5", which is illustrated by Ian Baker, and "The Murderous Maths of Everything", which was illustrated by Rob Davis. The Murderous Maths books have been published in over 25 countries. The books, which are aimed at children aged 8 and above, teach maths, spanning from basic arithmetic to relatively complex concepts such as the quadratic formula. The books are written in an informal similar style to the Horrible Histories, Horrible Science and Horrible Geography series, involving evil geniuses, gangsters, love stories and smelly burgers. The author also maintains a website for the series, which has has been running for the past 10 years.

Wren Natsworthy

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Wren Natsworthy is a character from Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines Quartet, appearing in the last two books. Her father is Tom Natsworthy and her mother is Hester Shaw and by the end of A Darkling Plain, she has become engaged to Theo Ngoni. Her best friend is Tildy Smew, a girl who she grew up with in Anchorage-in-Vineland. She also makes friends with Angie Peabody, a girl living in New London.She is described as having coppery hair, grey 'mariner' eyes and a long "beaky" nose. Prior to the start of A Darkling Plain she has her hair cut into a lopsided bob that causes Theo Ngoni to think she is standing on a slope in a photo. She does have her father's naivety at times but she is also intelligent and kind. She also has her mother's determination and can be quite willful at times. Her resemblance to Katherine Valentine in bravery and appearance is often noted in the series.