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Un Lun Dun
Un Lun Dun
Un Lun Dun
China Miéville
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What is Un Lun Dun?It is London through the looking glass, an urban Wonderland of strange delights where all the lost and broken things of London end up . . . and some of its lost and broken people, too–including Brokkenbroll, boss of the broken umbrellas; Obaday Fing, a tailor whose head is an enormous pin-cushion, and an empty milk carton called Curdle. Un Lun Dun is a place where words are alive, a jungle lurks behind the door of an ordinary house, carnivorous giraffes stalk the streets, and a dark cloud dreams of burning the world. It is a city awaiting its hero, whose coming was prophesied long ago, set down for all time in the pages of a talking book.When twelve-year-old Zanna and her friend Deeba find a secret entrance leading out of London and into this strange city, it seems that the ancient prophecy is coming true at last. But then things begin to go shockingly wrong.From the Hardcover edition.

Book Details

Genre: 

  • Adventure
  • Fantasy
  • Fiction
  • Juvenile Fiction

Age Level: 

  • 8 - 12
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Zanna and her friend Deeba are taken to a new world, called Un Lun Dun. This strange and different world is full of everything that is rejected. Discarded items such as trash and unbrellas come alive. Zanna soon learns that she is the Shwazzy, and ment to save Un Lun Dun from the Smog. In this adventure she must find out who she is and how to save Un Lun Dun.

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Twelve-year-old Deeba Resham and Zanna Moon were just regular schoolgirls, when strange things started to happen in their hometown London. One night, they ventured out and were teleported to a parallel universe called UnLondon. In UnLondon, they discovered that the abcity was ready to go into war with the Smog, a huge cluster of gas, poison, and other chemicals that had been created from global warming. The Smog has gotten so powerful over the years from all of the pollutions created that it generated the ability to think for itself.

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