"Home-truths from faraway galaxies "
Interest Age Teen Reading Age 8
The sequel to The Starlight Watchmaker, which was much admired, The Deep-Sea Duke is a glorious and original story that, like much of the best fantasy, deals with real-life issues, such as climate change, identity and love. Android Hugo and baby planet Ada are spending the college holidays with their best friend Dorian on his home planet, Hydrox. Dorian is a prince and Hugo feels out of place and self-conscious from the minute the three of them step out of their spaceship. He’s upset too when Dorian tells that when their studies finish, he’s going to return to Hydrox permanently; will Hugo ever see his friend again? Things seldom turn out as we expect though, and an encounter with an influx of cute but snappy sea otters reveals Hugo as he really is, even to himself. Clever and strange and full of truths and insight, all delivered in a dyslexia-friendly 100 pages, this is another satisfying and eye-opening story from a writer who can always surprise.
Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers aged 13+
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Hugo is spending the holidays on his friend Dorian's home planet, Hydrox. Although thrilled at the invitation, Hugo is still astonished that Duke Dorian could possibly want to be friends with an android watchmaker like him. But when the pair land on Hydrox along with their friend Ada, they soon discover that there are much bigger problems afoot. A race of butterflies from a neighbouring star system have evacuated their now-uninhabitable planet, and Hydrox is struggling to find space for the growing number of refugees.
Meanwhile, deep in the seas beneath Dorian's home, a strange creature is on a path of destruction ...
Can the unlikely trio step in before the crisis gets out of control?
Dive into a strange new world in this truly imaginative companion to The Starlight Watchmaker.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Deep-Sea Duke and determined it is suitable for children aged 11-14 years old
The Deep-Sea Duke features in the following genres: Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Dyslexia Friendly Books for Interest age 11+, Recommendations, Dyslexia Friendly Books for Teens, Ecological and Environmental Interest - Fiction, Fantasy / Magical, Featured Books for 13+ readers, Science Fiction, Space, The Natural World, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Featured Books for 11+ readers
The Deep-Sea Duke is available in Paperback
The Deep-Sea Duke was written by Lauren James and published by Barrington Stoke Ltd
The Deep-Sea Duke has 109 pages
Yes it is part of Barrington Stoke Teen series
£7.19
