Praise
Philip Reeve has WON the CILIP Carnegie Medal
Blue Peter Book of the Year
Nestlé Book Prize – Gold Award
Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize
SHORTLISTED for the
Whitbread Children’s Book of the
Year WHSmith People’s Choice Awards
Praise for A WEB OF AIR:
“A good introduction to one of the most impressive series in children’s literature”
Daily Telegraph
“[One] of the most talented and inventive of contemporary writers. [Reeve has] a remarkable ability to combine a strong, engaging and beautifully paced storyline with a passion for argument and ideas: makes much of what passes for young adult fiction seem very thin indeed”
Robert Dunbar, Irish Times
“A brilliantly imagined world, told with Reeve’s distinctive verve”
Top Pick – Children’s Bookseller
“I love this series, with its unforgettable characters and rich descriptions that make you see everyday objects through completely different eyes.
A Web of Air
will remind you why Philip Reeve has won so many awards and proves that he has produced a series worthy of sitting alongside Philip Pullman’s
Dark Materials
in the annals of teen fantasy”
Waterstone’s Books Quarterly
“Atmospheric, well-tuned and gripping, this is a fine tale for adventure-loving ten-year-olds”
Philip Womack, Literary Review
“Philip Reeve’s epic
Mortal Engines
series has set the imagination of many a child completely wild since it first began. Every one of his
Mortal Engines
titles stands out as a truly special read. With
A Web of Air
you will be taken on an emotional journey as well as an enthralling one that’s full of surprises”
Lovereading4kids. co.
uk
“Another outstanding achievement… This is children’s writing at its most sophisticated and intelligent”
Lancashire Evening Post
Praise for the MORTAL ENGINES series:
“Philip Pullman fans will love
Mortal Engines…
I didn’t want it to end”
Daily Telegraph
“Big, brave, brilliant”
Guardian
“A staggering feat of engineering, a brilliant construction that offers new wonders at every turn … Reeve’s prose is sweeping and cinematic, his ideas bold and effortless”
Publishers Weekly
“Superbly imagined”
The Times
“The idea behind
Mortal Engines
has other authors crying ‘I wish I’d thought of that!’”
Geraldine McCaughrean
“Witty and thrilling, serious and sensitive,
Mortal Engines
is one of the most daring and imaginative science fiction adventures ever written for young readers”
Books for Keeps
“An absolutely must-read author”
School Librarian
“His imagination is electrifying”
Frank Cottrell Boyce
“A ground-breaking futurama”
TES
“Philip Reeve’s intricate imagination makes J. K. Rowling feel like Enid Blyton”
Independent
“I stayed up till three in the morning to finish it. Philip Reeve is a genius”
Sonia Benster writing in The Bookseller
“Reeve is a terrific writer”
The Times
“Philip Reeve is a hugely talented and versatile author… the emotional journeys of his characters are enthralling, never sentimental and always believable”
Daily Telegraph
“There’s a fabulous streak of frivolity running through everything that Reeve writes… Like many of the great writers who can be read happily by both adults and children, Reeve uses the frivolity to hide his own seriousness”
