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The Timekeeper Trilogy is a series of young adult steampunk novels by Tara Sim. It is the author's debut trilogy. It is the author's debut trilogy. The series comprises Timekeeper (2016), Chainbreaker (2018), and Firestarter (2019).
Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction, fantasy and speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. The term denotes works set in an era or world wherein steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often set in Victorian era England—but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions ...
[7] It also gained a starred review from School Library Journal, who said it was "full of nonstop action" and that "this steampunk adventure is sure to become a classic." [8] The ALSC selected it as a 2010 Notable Children's Book [9] and the YALSA listed it on their 2010 Best Books for Young Adults. [10]
Mortal Engines is a young adult science fiction novel by Philip Reeve, published by Scholastic UK in 2001. The book focuses on a futuristic, steampunk version of London, now a giant machine striving to survive on a world that is running out of resources. Mortal Engines is the first book of a series, the Mortal Engines Quartet, published from ...
Publishers Weekly praised Carriger's ability to weave in commentary about race and class amidst the lighthearted fun of the book. [3] Other reviewers noted that Carriger successfully subverts the "action girl" young adult trope, [4] and that she successfully appeals to both age groups (adults and teens) without talking down to her young adult ...
Railsea is a young adult novel written and illustrated by English writer China Miéville, and published in May 2012.Miéville described the novel as "weird fiction", [1] io9 labelled its mix of fantasy and steampunk elements as "salvagepunk" [2] and the story has been seen as an "affectionate parody" of Herman Melville's classic 1851 novel Moby-Dick, [2] also drawing on Robert Louis Stevenson ...