![]() ![]() Lily is lovely in the lead and a perfect heroine for such a tale. The author constructed the story immediately captured my attention because the author sets it in the Victorian times, but the gadgets and mechanical innovations are futuristic. I enjoyed all the author’s mechanical details, such as Lily’s father’s inventions and Malkin. “Cogheart” is a creative steampunk middle-grade novel (the first in the genre I have read) that I thought was wonderful.įirstly, I commend the author for writing an adventurous steampunk tale targeted at middle-graders. ![]() ![]() Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Goodreads Cogheart Review: Click to view on Instagram Cogheart, Skycircus and Shadowsea were nominated for the Carnegie Medal.īesides, Peter lives in North London with his partner, a fox who visits their garden, and a clutter of house spiders. Moonlocket was shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Readers Award. It was shortlisted for the Waterstones Book Prize and the Branford Boase Award. As a child he found inspiration visiting TV and film sets, where his mum worked as a costume designer.Īfter art college and film school, Peter worked as an animator on commercials, pop videos, and two BAFTA-winning children’s TV shows, and wrote and directed several successful short films.Īlso Peter’s debut novel Cogheart was a Waterstones Book of the Month. Peter Bunzl grew up in South London in a rambling Victorian house with three cats, two dogs, one little sister, an antique dealer dad, and an artist mum. ![]()
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