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Goodreads Choice Awards Best Science Fiction (2009)
Aurealis Award for best young adult novel

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Scott Westerfeld was born in Dallas, Texas. Westerfeld graduated from Vassar College with a B.A( Bach of Arts) in Philosophy in 1985. He began composing music as a teenager and composes music for modern dance. In 2001, Westerfeld married the Australian author Justine Larbalestier. He now divides his time between Sydney, Australia and New York City. He has written 18 books, five adult novels and thirteen young adult novels.

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Deryn Sharp and Prince Aleksander of Hohenberg live in the early days of an alternate  WW1 which the whole world is split into Darwinists and Clankers. Darwinists create bio-engineered creatures using the theories of Charles Darwin, who in this world discovered DNA. Clankers, on the other hand, depend on their hi-tech machines. When Aleksander's parents, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Princess Sophie, are assassinated, Europe is plunged into war: Darwinists versus Clankers. Alek begins his own personal battle for survival as his parents' assassins come after him, and his few companions. Alek makes it from Austria-Hungary to Switzerland, where his protectors intend for him to wait out the war in hiding. Meanwhile, Deryn Sharp is a girl who loves to fly, but girls can't be airmen. So Deryn disguises herself as a boy and earns a place as a midshipman on the British airship Leviathan, a massive living, and flying ecosystem. As Britain declares war on Germany, the Leviathan is shot down, landing in Switzerland. As German forces come after the hidden prince and the wounded airship, Deryn and Alek join forces to save themselves, their companions, and their secrets.

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Deryn Sharp:
Deryn Sharp is a girl that loves flying, to the point that she's willing to change her name to Dylan and pretend to be a boy just so she can get into the British Air Service. She is extremely skilled at flying basically everything, from Hydrogen Breathers to walkers.

Prince Aleksander:

His Serene Highness, Prince Aleksander Of Hohenburg A.K.A. Alek believes that he, personally, is the sole cause of World War I. He's afraid that his great-uncle, the Emperor, is so determined for him not to inherit anything that he had Alek's parents assassinated and stirred up Europe. Despite being afraid, Alek is brave and fights to protect his companions.

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Alek is trying to run away from assassins that his uncle, the Emperor, sent after him after killing his parents.
Deryn is trying to keep her identity as a girl a secret so that she can work in the British Air Service and fly.

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I enjoyed the huge world that it built, with every country having its own alternate history. I also enjoyed the steam-punk elements of the Geman steam-powered war machines

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Friendship through actions. A lot of bro-comradery

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So it is this giant chase scene. Aleksander's walker is being chased by the assassins. They shoot a flare that sticks to Aleksander's walker. Aleksander climbs out of the walker with his family's herloom sword, chops off the flare, and throws the sword off the walker, allowing for him and his companions to escape.

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Anyone who enjoys action, learning about another world, and/or steampunk.