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Philip Reeve

English author and illustrator of children's books; wrote Mortal Engines (2001) and its sequels, and Here Lies Arthur, which won the 2008 Carnegie Medal.

3 things

The Lord of the RingsBook J.R.R. Tolkien

recommended

The Lord of the Rings, I suppose, would be the one to start with because that would be the earliest one.

Five Books interview: the best books on Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Young Adults

2017-09-14·fivebooks.com ↗

Watership DownBook Richard Adams

recommended

The exception being Watership Down, which is a book I’ve really only come to fairly recently, when I read it to my son.

Five Books interview: the best books on Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Young Adults

2017-09-14·fivebooks.com ↗

The Space MachineBook Christopher Priest

recommended

I thought that leads neatly to Christopher Priest, The Space Machine.

Five Books interview: the best books on Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Young Adults

2017-09-14·fivebooks.com ↗

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