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Description
In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old Austrian Prince Alek, on the run from the Clanker Powers who are attempting to take over the globe using mechanical machinery, forms an uneasy alliance with Deryn who, disguised as a boy to join the British Air Service, is learning to fly genetically-engineered beasts.
Local notes
Series: Leviathan 1
Publication
New York: Simon Pulse
Pages
440
Awards
Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction (Finalist — 2009)
Locus Award (Finalist — Young Adult Novel — 2010)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 2012)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2011)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 2011)
Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2012)
Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2011)
Iowa Teen Award (Nominee — 2013)
Aurealis Award (Winner — 2009)
Oregon Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2012)
Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Award (Nominee — 2013)
South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards (Nominee — 2012)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Recommended — 2012)
CBCA Book of the Year (Notable Book — Older Readers — 2010)
Arkansas Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2011)
Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing (Nominee — 2011)
Ditmar Award (Shortlist — Novel — 2010)
Westchester Fiction Award (Winner — 2011)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 2012)
Evergreen Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2012)
Isinglass Teen Read Award (Nominee — 2011)
Rhode Island Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2011)
Locus Recommended Reading (Young Adult Book — 2009)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2010)
CCBC Choices (2010)
Notable Children's Book (2010)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Teens (Fiction — 2009)
Young Adult Favorites Award (2011)
Idaho Battle of the Books (2023)
OYAN Book Rave (2010)