Night Flights (PB) Award-winning author by Philip Reeve (author)

Return to the world of Mortal Engines in this book of three short stories about the rebellious young aviatrix, Anna Fang, illustrated by Ian McQue. THE TIMES CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE WEEK – July 2018“This rebel-girl spy merits centre stage” Alex O’Connell, The Times A key character in the Mortal Engines book and film, this is your chance to learn more of her past. Night Flights includes Traction City, the 2011 World Book Day Book by Philip Reeve. In a dangerous future world where gigantic, motorised cities attack and devour each other, London hunts where no other predator dares. But Anna Fang – pilot, adventurer, spy – isn’t afraid. The three stories show gripping, moving, exciting moments in Anna Fang’s life:

her childhood as a slave aboard the moving city Arkangel,
a showdown against a robotic Stalker that is terrifyingly out of control
and her free life as an intelligence agent for the Anti-Traction league that might not be quite as free as she hoped…

Fully illustrated throughout with stunning drawings by Ian McQue, cover illustrator of the His Dark Materials & Book of Dust series by Philip Pullman.

MORE PRAISE FOR NIGHT FLIGHTS “Solid storytelling with engrossing adventures; fans will be grateful for a firsthand account from the elusive character” Kirkus Review “Ian McQue’s grayscale illustrations fill the pages and evoke both impressive machines and memorable characters. [...] this is a great collection for fans of the series” Litlens “Night Flights is one of those books that is sure to be loved by long-time fans but also feels accessible to new readers”

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781407186740

Publisher

Scholastic

Date published

February 7th, 2019

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 6.2; Middle years; 4.0 points

Other details

224 pages

Condition

New

Author/Illustrator

Philip Reeve

Philip Reeve was born and raised in Brighton, where he worked in a bookshop for years while also producing and directing a number of no-budget theatre projects.

Philip then began illustrating and has since provided cartoons and jokes for around forty books, including the best-selling Scholastic series Horrible Histories, as well as Murderous Maths and Dead Famous.

He’s been writing stories since he was five, but Mortal Engines was the first to be published. Mortal Engines defies easy categorisation. It is a gripping adventure story set in an inspired fantasy world, where moving cities trawl the globe. A magical and unique read, it immediately caught the attention of readers and reviewers and won several major awards. Three more Hungry Cities novels followed, and Philip’s latest project are the Fever Crumb books, prequels set centuries before the events of Mortal Engines.

Philip has also written Buster Bayliss, a series for younger readers, and stand alone novels including Here Lies Arthur, which won the Carnegie Medal.

Philip lives in Devon with his wife and son and his interests are walking, drawing, writing and reading.