{"product_id":"un-lun-dun-isbn-9780345458445","title":"Un Lun Dun","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER • “Endlessly inventive . . . [a] hybrid of\u003ci\u003e Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom Tollbooth\u003c\/i\u003e.”—\u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is Un Lun Dun?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eIt is London through the looking glass, an urban Wonderland  of strange delights where all the lost and broken things of London end up . . . and  some of its lost and broken people, too–including Brokkenbroll, boss of the broken  umbrellas; Obaday Fing, a tailor whose head is an enormous pin-cushion, and an empty  milk carton called Curdle. Un Lun Dun is a place where words are alive, a jungle  lurks behind the door of an ordinary house, carnivorous giraffes stalk the streets,  and a dark cloud dreams of burning the world. It is a city awaiting its hero, whose  coming was prophesied long ago, set down for all time in the pages of a talking book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When twelve-year-old Zanna and her friend Deeba find a secret entrance leading out  of London and into this strange city, it seems that the ancient prophecy is coming  true at last. But then things begin to go shockingly wrong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eUn Lun Dun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Miéville fills his enthralling fantasy with enough plot twists and wordplay for an entire trilogy, and that is a good thing. A-.”\u003cb\u003e—Entertainment Weekly \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“For style and inventiveness, turn to \u003ci\u003eUn Lun Dun\u003c\/i\u003e, by China Miéville, who throws off more imaginative sparks per chapter than most authors can manufacture in a whole book. Mieville sits at the table with Lewis Carroll, and Deeba cavorts with another young explorer of topsy-turvy worlds.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Delicious, twisty, ferocious fun . . . so crammed with inventions, delights, and unexpected turns that you will want to start reading it over again as soon as you’ve reached the end.”\u003cb\u003e—Kelly Link, author of \u003ci\u003eMagic for Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] wondrous thrill ride . . . Like the best fantasy authors, [Miéville] fully realizes his imaginary city.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe A.V. Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mieville's compelling heroine and her fantastical journey through the labyrinth of a strange London forms that rare book that feels instantly like a classic and yet is thoroughly modern.”\u003cb\u003e—Holly Black, bestselling author of The Spiderwick Chronicles\u003c\/b\u003e“It hardly seems possible that I didn’t read this novel and love it at age 12, it brought back so vividly the long, book-drunk days of my late childhood. Like the best children’s fiction, \u003ci\u003eUn Lun Dun\u003c\/i\u003e seems to have always been there waiting to be discovered. Finding it as a grown-up may not be the optimum way to stumble into UnLondon, but it’s pretty miraculous all the same.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Give [\u003ci\u003eUn Lun Dun\u003c\/i\u003e] to a kid (and borrow it when they’re done). It just might help them grow up into the kind of nerd we need a lot more of—one who thinks they can save the world with sheer ingenuity.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e magazine \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Miéville has done us a favor by creating a protagonist who was most assuredly not chosen to save the day, and it’s an excellent turn of events. There are some icky gruesome baddies and the good guys are often a lot of fun.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eJanuary\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Miéville] relies on his formidable storytelling skill for this lengthy yet swiftmoving tale that, with a wink and a nod, cuts through archetypal notions of fate and prophecy. Highly recommended for Clive Barker fans especially.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The most thoroughly playful tale Miéville has written.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e magazine \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A multifaceted romp through a world many of us would love to visit.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Full of clever word play and compelling characters, Miéville’s novel is a tour de force. This rollicking, fantastical and altogether incredible novel will appeal to both adults and young readers.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eRomantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Whimsy, wondrous images . . . There are few more fascinating world builders than China Miéville. . . . His powers of invention seem boundless . . . his sensitivity to language immense.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Magazine of Fantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A book which shows the world as it truly is: full of marvels and monsters and unexpected opportunities for heroism and magic. \u003ci\u003eUn Lun Dun\u003c\/i\u003e is delicious, twisty, ferocious fun, a book so crammed with inventions, delights, and unexpected turns that you will want to start reading it over again as soon as you've reached the end.”\u003cb\u003e—Kelly Link, author of \u003ci\u003eStranger Things Happen\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMagic for Beginners \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eChina Miéville is the author of King Rat; Perdido Street Station, which won the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the British Fantasy Award; The Scar, which won the Locus Award and the British Fantasy Award; Iron Council, which won the Locus Award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award; and a collection of short stories, Looking for Jake. He lives and works in London. Un Lun Dun is his first book for younger readers.\u003cb\u003e1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Respectful Fox\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere was no doubt about it: there was a fox behind the climbing frame. And it was watching.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It is, isn’t it?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe playground was full of children, their gray uniforms flapping as they ran and kicked balls into makeshift goals. Amid the shouting and the games, a few girls were watching the fox.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It definitely is. It’s just watching us,” a tall blond girl said. She could see the animal clearly behind a fringe of grass and thistle. “Why isn’t it moving?” She walked slowly towards it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt first the friends had thought the animal was a dog, and had started ambling towards it while they chatted. But halfway across the tarmac they had realized it was a fox.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was a cold cloudless autumn morning and the sun was bright. None of them could quite believe what they were seeing. The fox kept standing still as they approached.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I saw one once before,” whispered Kath, shifting her bag from shoulder to shoulder. “I was with my dad by the canal. He told me there’s loads in London now, but you don’t normally see them.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It should be running,” said Keisha, anxiously. “I’m staying here. That’s got teeth.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“All the better to eat you with,” said Deeba.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“That was a wolf,” said Kath.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKath and Keisha held back: Zanna, the blond girl, slowly approached the fox, with Deeba, as usual, by her side. They got closer, expecting it to arch into one of those beautiful curves of animal panic, and duck under the fence. It kept not doing so.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe girls had never seen any animal so still. It wasn’ t that it wasn’t moving: it was furiously not-moving. By the time they got close to the climbing frame they were creeping exaggeratedly, like cartoon hunters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fox eyed Zanna’s outstretched hand politely. Deeba frowned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Yeah, it is watching,” Deeba said. “But not us. It’s watching you.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZanna—she hated her name Susanna, and she hated “Sue” even more—had moved to the estate about a year ago, and quickly made friends with Kath and Keisha and Becks and others. Especially Deeba. On her way to Kilburn Comprehensive, on her first day, Deeba had made Zanna laugh, which not many people could do. Since then, where Zanna was, Deeba tended to be too. There was something about Zanna that drew attention. She was decent-to-good at things like sports, schoolwork, dancing, whatever, but that wasn’t it: she did well enough to do well, but never enough to stand out. She was tall and striking, but she never played that up either: if anything, she seemed to try to stay in the background. But she never quite could. If she hadn’t been easy to get on with, that could have caused her trouble.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSometimes even her mates were a little bit wary of Zanna, as if they weren’t quite sure how to deal with her. Even Deeba herself had to admit that Zanna could be a bit dreamy. Sometimes she would sort of zone out, staring skywards or losing the thread of what she was saying.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust at that moment, however, she was concentrating hard on what Deeba had just said.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZanna put her hands on her hips, and even her sudden movement didn’t make the fox jump.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It’s true,” said Deeba. “It hasn’t taken its eyes off you.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZanna met the fox’s gentle vulpine gaze. All the girls watching, and the animal, seemed to get lost in something.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e. . . Until their attention was interrupted by the bell for the end of break. The girls looked at each other, blinking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fox finally moved. Still looking at Zanna, it bowed its head. It did it once, then leapt up and was gone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeeba watched Zanna, and muttered, “This is just getting weird.”New York Times bestseller [quote] --Salon","brand":"Del Rey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303440830693,"sku":"NP9780345458445","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780345458445.jpg?v=1767743151","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/un-lun-dun-isbn-9780345458445","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}