PRESS AREA

No Such Thing As Dragons

"Conjured from legend and delivered via the capable hands of the award-winning Reeve, No Such Thing As Dragons is sure to set you shivering with a cosy fear."
Waterstone’s Books Quarterly 

"It's a classic novel for children from a monster talent"
Lovereading4kinds.co.uk

Fever Crumb

"Fever's a great heroine... There are plenty of jokes as well as dangers, in this tautly written story. It's one that will grip good readers."
Wendy Cooling,  Read Me 

"You struggle to breathe as you read this utterly compelling adventure thriller."
Julia Eccleshare, Lovereading4kids.co.uk 

"A terrific read, a sci-fi Dickens, full of orphans, villains, chases and mysteries."
Frank Cottrell Boyce, Guardian 

"Reeve’s ideas are prolific but his narrative is taut, disciplined and fast moving… As always with Reeve, the book is intelligent and thoughtful as well as a page turner."
Books for Keeps 

"This tightly plotted, fast paced adventure has all the answers."
Scotsman 

"Any child over the age of ten will find this the perfect introduction to Reeve’s other writing, and fans will not be disappointed."
Daily Telegraph 

"Philip Reeve’s intricate imagination makes JK Rowling feel like Enid Blyton, but he is adept at creating likeable characters, subtle villains and situations where good is hard to sort from evil..."
Independent 

Mortal Engines

Gold Award winner at the Nestle Smarties Book Prize 2002

Blue Peter Book of the Year at the 2003 Awards

Shortlisted for the Whitbread Award

Predator’s Gold

Selected for the YA Best Books by the American Library Association 2005.

Shortlisted for the 2004 WHSmith People's Choice Awards in the Teen Choice category.

A Darkling Plain

Winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction prize 2006

"Philip Reeve is a genius"
Tony Bradman

Winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2008

"Brilliant... an absorbing and emotionally engaging work"
Amanda Craig, The Times

"A masterpiece"
Sunday Telegraph

"Beautifully written without a dull word...this is historical writing at its best"
The Independent

"(A) brilliant version of the Camelot story"
The Guardian

"Reeve is a terrific writer and at times this novel packs real emotional heft and more than a little adult sensibility"
Toby Clements, The Times

"Electrifying"
Booktrust.co.uk

"A compelling narrative"
The Bookseller

"Another wonderful book"
Undercover Magazine

Urgum The Axeman

"Superbly funny, enormously witty""
Becky Stradwick, Children’s Buyer Borders UK

Buster Bayliss

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