Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

          The book Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld is a great book. One warning I have about this book is it switches between Charactors. Sometimes it's telling the story as Alek then two chapters later it changes to Deryn. If you haven't figured out yet they are the main characters. This book is exiting and suspenceful.

            This book has a great intro. One thing it fails at is introducing both main characters. This book takes place in the older times. The twist is that these people are geniuses. There are two different sides; the Clankers and the Darwinists. The Clankers make these amazing machines for example a two-legged armed walker. On the other side the Darwinists make fabricated beasts for example a hydrogen sniffer which is a mixture of a snail and a dog. Well you find out Alek is the son of an Archduke which is a prince of the imperial family of Austria(Austria is Clanker Territory). Also you find out Alek's parents the Archduke and a commoner (Alek's Mother) were killed on a bussiness trip. Deryn also has a secret, she wants to be in the air force but the don't accept girls. Therefore Deryn acts like a boy and changes her name to Dylan. She was accepted but if she is discovered she will surly be kicked off the force.

           This book is great I totally recommend it. The two down sides are that is is pretty long and it has a cliffhanger so you'll want to read the sequel. The sequel's name is Behemoth. This book is great and I suggest that you are a moderatly good reader. There is no bad language so its fine for kids(That are really smart). Read this book!!!!!!!!