The League of Seven (League of Seven #1)
by Alan Gratz (Author) Brett Helquist (Illustrator)
The League of Seven is the first book in an action-packed, steampunk series by the acclaimed author of Samurai Shortstop, Alan Gratz. In an alternate 1875 America electricity is forbidden, Native Americans and Yankees are united, and eldritch evil lurks in the shadows. Young Archie Dent knows there really are monsters in the world. His parents are members of the Septemberist Society, whose job it is to protect humanity from hideous giants called the Mangleborn. Trapped in underground prisons for a thousand years, the giant monsters have been all but forgotten--but now they are rising again as the steam-driven America of 1875 rediscovers electricity, the lifeblood of the Mangleborn. When his parents and the rest of the Septemberists are brainwashed by one of the evil creatures, Archie must assemble a team of seven young heroes to save the world.
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Review quotes
"An enticing alternate history presents an America in which Native tribes have as much power and presence as Yankees, with politics of their own to navigate. Gratz has created an imaginative world with appeal far beyond its immediate middle-grade market." —Publishers Weekly
"Gratz works an unusual twist into the familiar teens-saving-the-Earth-from-monsters trope: The protagonist is both archetypal hero and, at least potentially, nemesis.... Action, banter and steampunk-style tech aplenty—plus truly icky foes inspired, the author acknowledges, by the creations of H.P. Lovecraft—make this an appealingly fast-paced trilogy opener." —Kirkus Reviews "This hybrid of steampunk and alternate American history features a hell-raising girl's school, Atlantis, and three highly likable leads in a yarn rip-roaring from start to finish.... Moments of humor and pathos enliven the history and fantasy. Though the main plot concerning Archie's parents is resolved, there is plenty to address and discover in a sequel." —Booklist "This steampunk love-letter set in an alternative 1870s America, packs in quite a lot of action." —School Library Journal "A fast-paced, action-packed adventure of the best kind! The world of The League of Seven is wonderfully unique and refreshingly diverse—even the most reluctant of readers won't be able to put it down!" —Carrie Ryan, New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz
ALAN GRATZ is the author of the League of Seven series, Samurai Shortstop, and Prisoner B-3087. He began writing The League of Seven, winner of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Young Adult Book Award, by listing all the things that ten-year-old Alan would have thought were awesome, including brass goggles, airships, tentacled monsters, brains in jars, windup robots, secret societies, and super powers. (In fact, he still thinks all those things are awesome.) He lives in North Carolina with his wife and daughter.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780765338259
Lexile Measure
740
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Starscape Books
Publication date
June 20, 2015
Series
League of Seven
BISAC categories
JUV001000 - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
JUV052000 - Juvenile Fiction | Monsters
JUV062000 - Juvenile Fiction | Steampunk
JUV052000 - Juvenile Fiction | Monsters
JUV062000 - Juvenile Fiction | Steampunk
Library of Congress categories
Fiction
Adventure stories
Science fiction
Juvenile works
Monsters
Secret societies
Action and adventure fiction
Adventure stories
Science fiction
Juvenile works
Monsters
Secret societies
Action and adventure fiction
