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The Moon-King

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by Alex Alice
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What if man journeyed into space in 1869, not 1969? In The Moon-King, the second volume in this breath-taking fantasy graphic novel series, Alex Alice draws on Jules Verne and nineteenth-century romanticism to create a watercolor world of adventure and wonder to enchant adults and younger readers alike.
In anticipation of their maiden voyage, Seraphin and the Knights of Aether had prepared for everything—except treason. The villainous chamberlain wants to overthrow King Ludwig and claim the electro-aetheric technology for Prussia. The only escape for the king and his companions lies in the frosty skies above Bavaria.
The aethership's first flight is a success, but their respite is short-lived. As long as the chamberlain is free to spread his lies, these travelers will find no safe harbor. To save the king's throne, they must push the ship even farther—out of the sky . . . and into the stars!

  • Creators

  • Series

    Castle in the Stars

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    September 4, 2018

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781250221582
    Kindle restrictions

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 3.8
    • Lexile® Measure: 410
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty: 0-2

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      July 1, 2018
      Alice knows a lot about the moon, and most of it isn't true.An entire page of this graphic novel, a French import, is devoted to popular historical theories about the moon, and because the story is set in 1870, all of them are wonderfully archaic. "Everyone knows that giant vultures...live on the moon!" one character explains. Another person mentions a scientist who believed the moon was shaped like an egg. These ideas (inspired by Lucian of Samosata and Eratosthenes, among others) are so charming that when the characters actually land on the moon, a few pages later, it's a bit of a letdown. The landscape is mostly pale, unvarying mountains and caverns, and even though they're painted beautifully, the story features page after page of hiking. Occasionally, though, the images are just as gorgeous as in the first volume of the series. When the aeronauts come across an orrery (an enormous model of the planets), it's breathtaking, and the steampunk designs--like a spacesuit with a bird of prey on its breastplate--are always inventive. The prose is less masterful, at least in this translation, with sentences along the lines of, "An ingenious Regnault & Reiset system absorbed harmful gases and replenished the oxygen." The skin tones of the cast are also mostly pale and unvarying.Readers who enjoyed the first book may remain invested in the fates of the characters. Other people might prefer to look up archaic stories about the moon. (Graphic steampunk. 10-16)

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    • The Horn Book

      January 1, 2019
      Following the events of The Space Race of 1869, this second steampunk graphic novel (translated from the French) finds our heroes hurtling away from political intrigue toward the moon, their ship a marvel of Victorian invention and their journey worthy of Jules Verne. The lush, skillful watercolors convey the mysterious aether and dazzling moonscape. Small panels within large trim allow for rich detail and continued character-building in the epic story.

      (Copyright 2019 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
Kindle restrictions

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:3.8
  • Lexile® Measure:410
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:0-2

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