description: "Reckoned one of the greatest of modern fairy tales" - Observer.Mankind must put a stop to the dreadful destruction caused by the Iron Man. A trap is set for him, but he cannot be kept down. Then, when a terrible monster from outer space threatens to lay waste to the planet, it is the Iron Man who finds a way to save the world."Starts superbly with a clanking iron giant toppling from a cliff and lying smashed on the rocks below. Then his various parts get up and search for each other. Hughes has never written more compellingly" - The Times.
language: English
title: The Iron Giant
titlecomplete: The Iron Giant (Astory in Five Nights)
characters: Hogarth
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Poetry, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Classics, Novels, Childrens, Fantasy
ratings_count: 11099
series: The Iron Man
awards: awardedAt: 1577865600000
name: Kate Greenaway Medal, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Kurt Maschler Award
publisher: Harper & Row