A truly fun read. This story has a little bit of everything. Readers of all ages will enjoy this book. Larklight is a wonderful adventure story with great characters and interesting twists and turns in their lives. I enjoyed that the story is told from Art's perspective with bits of diary entries from Myrtle. ( )

It's average overall, but i suppose unique in that it's steampunk for kids. ( )

Art Mumby and his sister Myrtle live with their father in Larklight, a house that travels on an orbit outside the moon. The house is quite large and in some ways falling apart. Things are peaceful (if you don't mind Myrtle's piano playing), until a ship full of spiders invades their house and set them on course to encounter space pirates and many other exciting adventures.

The setting is an alternate history of Victorian England (and far beyond), and Phillip Reeve uses the charm and stylings of that age to infuse the story with humor. I really enjoyed this one. This is just the kind of Steampunk that I like to look for. I like rousing, jaunty adventure a la Jules Verne, and this story fits the bill. This is a well plotted young adult novel with interesting characters and well wrought art work throughout. A good fun read. ( )

Unusual space tale involving England in the 1800's and their colonies in outer space. Instead of colonizing the world, they are colonizing other worlds. The reader suspends what they know about science and history to enter an alternate universe and a space adventure involving alien life forms bent on taking over the universe. ( )

Great illustrations. Loved the footnotes. Fun and entertaining. ( )