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6th September 2010ISBN
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No Such Thing As Dragons
Philip Reeve
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Julia Eccleshare's comment:
This is the author’s first stand alone novel since the spectacular Here Lies Arthur, winner of the 2008 Carnegie Medal. Reeve’s brilliant imagination has conjured up a dragon story in the grand tradition of children’s fantasy fiction, but one that is spectacularly different – one that has a very contemporary perspective.
Ansel serves Brock, the famous dragon slayer who makes his living by slaying creatures whose very existence he doubts. But is his doubt misguided? Ansel and Brock climb the perilous ice face to find out the truth once and for all. How myths become reality and the impact they have on people’s lives fuels this witty and original story from the master craftsman of Mortal Engines. It’s a classic novel for children from a monster talent.
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Synopsis
No Such Thing As Dragons by Philip ReeveThis is a dragon story with a brilliant twist from multi award-winning writer, Philip Reeve. Ansel's new master slays dragons for a living. He says he's hunted the monstrous worms all over Christendom and has the scars to prove it. But is Brock just a clever trickster in shining armour? Ansel is sure there are no such things as dragons. So what is the man-eating creature that makes its lair in the crags of Dragon Mountain? Ansel and Brock must climb the ice face to discover the terrifying truth.
Reviews
A message from multi-prize winning author, Frank Cottrell Boyce on reading No Such thing as Dragons:
‘Philip Reeve’s imagination is electrifying’
Praise for Philip Reeve:
‘Conveys big truths while being witty and playful...clever and moving’ The Sunday Times on Fever Crumb
‘Intelligent, funny and wise’ Literary Review on Fever Crumb
‘I felt as if the pages themselves were charged with electricity...
Fever Crumb is a terrific read, a sci-fi Dickens, full of orphans,
villains, chases and mysteries’ Frank Cottrell Boyce, Guardian on Fever
Crumb
‘Reeve drives his juggernaut of a talent through the streets of a mob-crazed futuristic London with Cecil B DeMille grandeur. Resent being suckered into sequels? Fever Crumb is a complete story – but it may prove addictive’
Geraldine McCaughrean, Daily Telegraph on Fever Crumb
‘A bold, brightly honed narrative that grabs and holds the attention from the start’
Interzone on Fever Crumb
‘If you’ve never read a Philip Reeve novel before, you’re in for a
treat. His storytelling abilities are accomplished and his use of
language most ingenious – and irreverent’
Waterstone’s Books Quarterly on Fever Crumb
‘A masterpiece’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Big, brave, brilliant’ Guardian
‘A majestic achievement’ Sunday Times
‘Mind bogglingly well-imagined’ Independent
‘Marvellous… utterly captivating in its imaginative scope and energy’ Daily Telegraph
‘The Mortal Engines quartet is one of the most inventive and ambitious
children’s novel sequences of recent years’ Nicolette Jones
‘Brilliant… an absorbing and emotionally engaging work’ Amanda Craig, The Time
About The Author
Philip Reeve was born and raised in Brighton, where he worked in a bookshop for a number of years while also co-writing, producing and directing a number of no-budget theatre projects.
Philip then began illustrating and has since provided cartoons for around forty children’s books, including the best-selling Horrible Histories, Murderous Maths and Dead Famous series.
Philip has 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 reviewers and book buyers. It was shortlisted for several awards and was the Gold Award winner at the Nestle Smarties Book Prize 2002 and the winner of the Blue Peter Book of the Year at the 2003 Awards.
His Publisher - Marion Lloyd says about his Mortal Engines series:
“Philip Reeve’s Mortal Engines series defies easy categorisation, but its brilliantly inventive fantasy world immediately grabbed the attention of readers, reviewers and literary prize-givers as soon as the first book appeared. There are now five inspiring adventure stories, in whose futuristic, post-apocalyptic setting, moving cities trawl the Earth. They attack and consume each other in wastelands where natural resources are scarce, and Ancient technology is fought for. Fast-paced, sometimes violent, always surprising and original, Reeve’s epic sequence of love, war and adventure are richly rewarding for both adults and children.”
Praise for Philip Reeve:
‘Conveys big truths while being witty and playful...clever and moving’ The Sunday Times on Fever Crumb
‘Intelligent, funny and wise’ Literary Review on Fever Crumb
‘I felt as if the pages themselves were charged with electricity...
Fever Crumb is a terrific read, a sci-fi Dickens, full of orphans,
villains, chases and mysteries’ Frank Cottrell Boyce, Guardian on Fever
Crumb
‘Reeve drives his juggernaut of a talent through the streets of a
mob-crazed futuristic London with Cecil B DeMille grandeur. Resent
being suckered into sequels? Fever Crumb is a complete story – but it may prove addictive’
Geraldine McCaughrean, Daily Telegraph on Fever Crumb
‘A bold, brightly honed narrative that grabs and holds the attention from the start’
Interzone on Fever Crumb
‘If you’ve never read a Philip Reeve novel before, you’re in for a
treat. His storytelling abilities are accomplished and his use of
language most ingenious – and irreverent’
Waterstone’s Books Quarterly on Fever Crumb
‘A masterpiece’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Big, brave, brilliant’ Guardian
‘A majestic achievement’ Sunday Times
‘Mind bogglingly well-imagined’ Independent
‘Marvellous… utterly captivating in its imaginative scope and energy’ Daily Telegraph
‘The Mortal Engines quartet is one of the most inventive and ambitious
children’s novel sequences of recent years’ Nicolette Jones
‘Brilliant… an absorbing and emotionally engaging work’ Amanda Craig, The Times
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