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Gr 6-10 This wildly imaginative sci-fi pirate adventure has tongue-in-cheek humor and social commentary on accepting those who are different, among other things. Art Mumby and his sister, Myrtle, proud citizens of the British Empire, which in 1851 includes extraterrestrial territories, live with their father in Larklight, a rambling house that just happens to be traveling through outer space. The arrival of elephant-sized white spiders sets in motion an adventure that takes the quibbling siblings across the universe to battle the forces of evil....Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Art Mumby and his prim older sister Myrtle reside with their father in the nineteenth-century British manor of Larklight, leading quiet, proper lives—except for one unexpected detail. In this alternate universe, Britain has colonized the solar system (and its often squishy, spiny, or rainbow-colored inhabitants) as well as the planet, and Larklight drifts through the "aether" of space. Then elephant-sized space-spiders attack, capturing Art and Myrtle's father, and the t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More