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Read in July, 2009
Told mostly from the perspective of Art Mumby, an typical eleven year old Victorian era boy who happens to live in outer space in a crazy spaceship-house with robot servants, his absentminded professor father, and his annoyingly fussy older sister Myrtle. Art and Myrtle just barely escape from a harrowing situation after giant intelligent spiders (with hats) attack their house (Larklight). After a crash landing on the moon, where they are hijacked by giant moths and then rescued by a dashing a...more
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Read in January, 2007
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if you liked Peter & the Starcatchers
I wish I could say I tore through this, but somehow it dragged for me. More character development would have been nice. The best part was Jack's story, he was the only main character with an interesting past.
Brother and sister Art and Myrtle Mumby flee their extraterrestrial Victorian home, named Larklight, which is under attack by giant space spiders. They get picked up by the dreaded pirate Jack, who turns out to be not so fierce, and to be about the same age as they are. Together, th...more
Brother and sister Art and Myrtle Mumby flee their extraterrestrial Victorian home, named Larklight, which is under attack by giant space spiders. They get picked up by the dreaded pirate Jack, who turns out to be not so fierce, and to be about the same age as they are. Together, th...more
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