Railsea

By China Miéville. Illus. by the author. Del Rey, $18 (9780345524522). Gr. 9–12.

About

Miéville continues his rampage as one of sf’s new titans with this blazingly original twist on Moby-Dick, which radically reinvents everything: a barren, railroad-snarled future; great monsters of the dirt; even language and punctuation.

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ISBN:

9780345524522

Awards Won

Title Year
Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth
Committed to providing a broad selection of outstanding books that mixes popular appeal with literary excellence, the Books for Youth editorial staff has chosen the titles below as best-of-the-year fiction, nonfiction, and picture books.
2012 - Selection(s)