Book of the week - 6th May

As it is a short school week I thought we might just use one of my favourite books EVER as book of the week. It is the wonderous steampunk novel 'Mortal engines' by Philip Reeve. If you have not read any of the series then why not start with this one - the first and best! If you love fantasy or science fiction then you are bound to enjoy 'Mortal engines'. Even if you don't think that you like these genres this book is worth trying, it worked for me. It was one of the first "steampunk" novels I ever read and it had me hooked from the opening line - "It was a dark, blustery afternoon in spring, and the city of London was chasing a small mining town across the dried-out bed of the old North Sea." How could you fail to want to read on?? A thrilling read with great characters both good and bad (Tom and Hester are the heroes and Shrike is one scary baddie!) Let me know what you think!