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Un Lun Dun by China Miéville – review

China Mieville, Un Lun Dun

Deeba and her friend Zanna find themselves in mortal danger when they discover the city of UnLondon. UnLondon is full of walking and flying buses; houses made from all sorts of materials; ghosts and half-ghosts; not to mention the living umbrellas!

Deeba and Zanna make all sorts of strange friends in UnLondon before they leave. Deeba and her group of out-of-this-worldly friends join the battle against the Terrible Cloud Smog. Here starts the dangerous and challenging journey through a forest in a house and black windows to retrieve the UnGun.

My favourite character is Yoric Cavea (a bird that lives in a cage on the neck of a human body) because he risks his life for Deeba and because I think he is very funny.

I would recommend this book to 10+ but if you want a good long book to read you could try it.

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