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These genius collaborative novels from Reeves and McIntyre are not just funny, they are exciting,absorbing adventures with a great cast of characters. This is a favourite, but you will want them all in your classroom.
Shortlisted for the UKLA 2017 Book Award
Award winning author partners Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre head north for their latest adventure. Shen the cabin boy is abandoned by his shipmates when their ship is stranded in the ice. He’s completely alone, except for 64 little pugs, part of the ship’s cargo! He soon teams up with Shika, a girl desperately seeking dogs to pull her grandpa’s sled in the Race to the Top of the World, a once in a lifetime contest to win your heart’s desire. The eccentric competitors mean there’s something of the Wacky Races about all of this, but amongst the crazy – and very entertaining -scenes there are surprising notes of poignancy, as well as some lovely descriptions of the True Winter, fifty types of snow and all.
One of our Books of the Year 2015
The Race to the Top of the World! It comes around once in a lifetime, and the prize? Your heart's desire. Shen and Sika can't resist the chance to win, but competition is fierce. The path to victory is littered with snow trolls, sea monsters, and a gang of particularly hungry yetis. But Shen and Sika have something the other contestants don't have. Actually, they have 66 other things; pugs to be exact. That's a 264 paw-powered sled. Let the race begin!
The hilarious follow up to Oliver and the Seawigs and Cakes in Space! Created collaboratively by two stars of the children’s book world Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre, who lead the way in creating novels for the 7+ age-group where text and illustration blend seamlessly with equal importance.
For more about Pugs of the Frozen North and other collaborations visit www.facebook.com/reeveandmcintyre
Kids love to read and so in addition to our Lovereading expert opinion some of our Lovereading4kids Reader Review Panel were also lucky enough to read and review a couple of sample chapters from this title. You can read their full reviews by clicking here.
'It's their best book yet ... Reeve and McIntyre are a classic team ... The climax is moving and beautifully judged.' Alex O''Connell, 'Children's Book of the Week', The Times
'As the story dashes along so, too, do the illustrations, which are a delight on every page.' Julia Eccleshare, The Guardian
'...an engaging story for children (and, in my case at least, adults) who have the ability to read alone but aren't yet ready to give up the pleasure of heavily illustrated books.' Z J Cookson, The BookBag
Praise for Cakes in Space.
Children will love the chaotic fun and cartoonish illustrations in this fast paced fantasy Daily Mail
Praise for Oliver and the Seawigs.
A fun-packed delight Daily Telegraph
A gloriously wacky story The Times
Immersive, richly textured, and enormous fun. It's a great example of what illustrated children's novels can achieve The Guardian
Marries the very different talents of Reeve and McIntyre to fabulous effect Bookseller Children's Buyer's Guide
Reeve and McIntyre have been responsible for some of the finest young fiction of recent years and this is their irresistibly-titled third collaboration Fiona Noble, The Bookseller
ISBN: 9780192734921
Publication date: 01/09/2016
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780192734570
Publication date: 03/09/2015
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardback
| ISBN: | 9780192734921 |
| Publication date: | 1st September 2016 |
| Author: | Philip Reeve |
| Illustrator: | Sarah McIntyre |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Suitable for: | 7+ readers, 9+ readers |
| Genres: | Adventure Stories, Humorous |
| Recommendations: | eBooks, Reviewed by Children |
| Other Categories: | Audio Books, All Shortlists and Winners, UKLA 2017 |
Philip Reeve was our Guest Editor for June 2012. Click here to see his books and some that inspired him. 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 ...
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