Larklight : A Rousing Tale of Dauntless Pluck in the Farthest Reaches of Space

from DragonLibrary8

A truly fun read. This story has a little bit of everything. Readers of all ages will enjoy this book. Larklight is a wonderful adventure story with great characters and interesting twists and turns in their lives. I enjoyed that the story is told from Art's perspective with bits of diary entries...

from CeridwynR

Philip Reeve has such amazing world building skills. I adored the reveal of how and why his universe was different from ours, especially that it took until three-quarters of the way through a junior fiction book to explain. The books made me want to be a 9 year old boy because they were exactly w...

from charlottejones952

I have to admit, that this took me longer to read than most books because the first half was quite slow paced. It took me a while to get into the world of the story and to connect with any of the characters. My favourite thing about this book was definitely the characters and creatures created by...

from KimJD

Charles Dickens meets science fiction. Art and his older sister Myrtle are the children of a British scientist in Victorian England, but rather than make their home in England, they live on Larklight, a house that floats in space. When their father is captured by some spider-like creatures who ar...

from CeridwynR

Philip Reeve has such amazing world building skills. I adored the reveal of how and why his universe was different from ours, especially that it took until three-quarters of the way through a junior fiction book to explain. The books made me want to be a 9 year old boy because they were exactly w...