num_pages: 522
description: The iron wheel began to spin, slowly at first, then faster and faster. The room grew darker. As the light lessened, so did the sound. Deeba and Zanna stared at each other in wonder. The noise of the cars and vans and motorbikes outside grew tinny ...The wheel turned off all the cars and turned off all the lamps. It was turning off London. Zanna and Deeba are two girls leading ordinary lives, until they stumble into the world of UnLondon, an urban Wonderland where all the lost and broken things of London end up ...and some of its lost and broken people too. Here discarded umbrellas stalk with spidery menace, carnivorous giraffes roam the streets, and a jungle sprawls beyond the door of an ordinary house. UnLondon is under siege by the sinister Smog and its stink-junkie slaves; it is a city awaiting its hero. Guided by a magic book that can't quite get its facts straight, and pursued by Hemi the half-ghost boy, the girls set out to stop the poisonous cloud before it burns everything in its path. They are joined in their quest by a motley band of UnLondon locals, including Brokkenbroll, boss of the broken umbrellas, Obaday Fing, a couturier whose head is an enormous pincushion, and an empty milk carton called Curdle. The world of UnLondon is populated by astonishing frights and delights that will thrill the imagination.
language: English
title: Un Lun Dun
titlecomplete: Un Lun Dun
characters: Hemi, Skool, Joe Jones, Brokkenbroll, Deeba Resham, Zanna Moon, Obaday Fing
genres: Fiction, Steampunk, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Adventure
ratings_count: 18809
places: London, England
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Young Adult Novel, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire
category: Roman jeunesse étranger, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Prix Elbakin.net
category: Meilleur roman fantasy traduit Jeunesse, awardedAt: 1293868800000
name: Seiun Award 星雲賞
category: Best Translated Long Form
publisher: Macmillan