China Mieville's Un Lun Dun
I've read a few of China Mieville's short stories in various anthologies and liked them well enough, so when his first YA novel started getting some press attention I figured I'd check it out. Guess what--it's good! It's the typical chosen-pre-teen-girl-must-save-a-bizarre-and-magical-world story . . . but then it sort of turns on its head. Lots of great secondary characters, including an extreme librarian and a very lovable milk carton, and the heroine is both believable and likable. Totally an A.
sounds like that's totally my type of book. i'll have to check it out.
ReplyDeletehey - matt just got a signed copy of this book as a gift! i haven't read mieville but matt loves his stuff. he said to tell you he recommends perdido street station and the scar. apparently the scar is about a pirate librarian, sort of.
ReplyDeleteoohh! tell him thanks for the tips!
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