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There is an old saying: if something is too good to be true, it probably is. Take the holiday that Art Mumby, his irritating younger sister Myrtle, and their mother take to Starcross, the finest sea-bathing resort in the entire Asteroid Belt. The fact that there are no seas anywhere should give you a clue. Sure enough, Art and family quickly find themselves grappling with French spies, Yankee rebels, and man-eating starfish. With stops to the future
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When she returns home after two years, Fever finds that her Scriven mother's creation, New London, the city on wheels, is nearly complete and ready to fight the nomad tribes of Britain--and Fever must journey to the north to find the ancient birthplace of the Scriven mutants and solve the mystery of her own past.
Author
Series
Larklight volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
399 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Larklight volume 1
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
8 CDs (8 hr., 45 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Larklight volume 3
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Language
English
Formats
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When the festive season arrives at Larklight, so does some unsettling news. A sinister-looking cloud is fast approaching the outskirts of the Known Universe. The closest planet, Georgium Sidus, has but two human inhabitants: the missionary Rev Cruet and his daughter Charity: most recent communication: 'Great danger - imperative that-'.
And so, aboard a Naval Gunship, Art, Myrtle and family, bravely go where only one man and his daughter have...
And so, aboard a Naval Gunship, Art, Myrtle and family, bravely go where only one man and his daughter have...
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Arthur (Art) Mumby and his irritating sister Myrtle live with their father in the huge and rambling house, Larklight, travelling through space on a remote orbit far beyond the Moon. One ordinary sort of morning they receive a correspondence informing them that a gentleman is on his way to visit, a Mr Webster. Visitors to Larklight are rare if not unique, and a frenzy of preparation ensues. But it is entirely the wrong sort of preparation, as they...
8) Fever Crumb
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Series
Language
English
Description
Foundling Fever Crumb has been raised as an engineer although females in the future London, England, are not believed capable of rational thought, but at age fourteen she leaves her sheltered world and begins to learn startling truths about her past while facing danger in the present.
Author
Series
Not-so-impossible tales volume 3
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
211 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
New friends Sika and Shen try to beat the odds and win the Great Northern Race--in a sled pulled by a team of sixty-six pugs--in hopes of meeting the Snowfather and having him grant their wish.
10) Cakes in space
Author
Series
Not-so-impossible tales volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
209 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When ten-year-old Astra and her family move to a new planet, she must save the spaceship and its crew from man-eating cakes, aliens, and more"--
Author
Series
Not-so-impossible tales volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
193 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Oliver's explorer parents go missing, he sets sail on the rescue mission with some new, unexpected friends"--
12) A web of air
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Language
English
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In Mayda, a post-apocalyptic city off the coast of Portugal, a brilliant young engineer and a mysterious recluse race to build a flying machine, unaware that powerful enemies will kill to possess--or destroy--their new technology.
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