LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
It is 1894. Leon is a clerk working for the city who escapes the drudgery of his work by reading books and sketching the world around him. He spend all his spare time with Anya, a scientist who investigates diseases and infection. Their lives, and the lives of everyone on the planet Earth, are suddenly upended by strange missiles which seem to have originated on Mars - missiles which unfold themselves into terrifying gigantic tripods which seem determined to extinguish human life and make the Earth their own.
Leon endures a series of terrible encounters, all of which he memorialises and illustrates in his notebooks. Eventually he make his way back to Anya, who uses his observations of the tripods and her own research to discover a potential weakness in the invaders which might save humanity.
Chris Mould’s retelling of the classic tale by HG Wells is fast-paced and exciting. It combines Mould’s illustrations with his own text, and the entire package is a thing of beauty which any child would cherish. The illustrations steal the show, as one might expect from a Carnegie-shortlisted artist like Mould - they portray a fully-realised world and are stunning to look at.
The story that Mould adapts from Wells is of course terrifying for the most part, so the book is recommended for brave readers who perhaps have a preference for comics and graphic novels but who love thrilling adventures.
Louise Johns-Shepherd
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Chris Mould's War of the Worlds Synopsis
In 1894, across space, this earth was being watched by envious eyes, and plans were being drawn up for an attack.
What seems to be a meteorite falls to earth, but from the debris, unfolds a terrifying alien threat...
A young man called Leon records his observations and sketches. 'Those who have never seen Martian life can scarcely imagine the horror' - he tells us. 'Even at this first glimpse, I was overcome with fear and dread. The earth stood still as we watched, almost unable to move ...'
As war descends, Leon and his scientist wife race against the clock to discover the science behind these martians in the hopes of ending this war of all worlds.
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9780571377398 |
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10th October 2024 |
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Chris Mould, H. G. Wells |
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Chris Mould |
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Faber & Faber |
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Hardback |
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176 pages |
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Press Reviews
Chris Mould, H. G. Wells Press Reviews
‘Exquisite, detailed illustrations . . . convey as much emotion as do words in this remarkable re-imagining of War of the Worlds.’ Susan Price, Carnegie winning author of Ghost Drum
‘An absolute masterpiece.’ Kieran Larwood, author of The World of Podkin One-Ear series
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About Chris Mould, H. G. Wells
Chris Mould is an award-winning illustrator who went to art school at 16. A sublime draftsman with a penchant for the gothic, he has illustrated the gamut from picture books and young fiction, to theatre posters and satirical cartoons for national newspapers. As well as writing his own fiction, he has teamed up with author Matt Haig for the bestselling A Boy Called Christmas, A Girl Called Christmas and Father Christmas and Me. He lives in Yorkshire with his wife, has two grown-up daughters, and when he’s not drawing and writing, you’ll find him… actually, he’s never not drawing or writing.
Born Herbert George Wells in Kent in 1866, H. G. Wells was an outspoken socialist and pacifist, whose works caused some controversy. He is more widely known as a science fiction writer for the novels that he published between 1895 and 1901: The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, When the Sleeper WakesandThe First Men in the Moon. All, except for When the Sleeper Wakes, have been made into films.
Along with Jules Verne, H. G. Wells is also known as 'the Father of Science Fiction'. His later novels were more realistic and he wrote many genres, including contemporary novels, history and social commentary. H. G. Wells died in 1946.
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