{"id":314,"date":"2013-10-31T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=314"},"modified":"2017-12-23T16:03:32","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T00:03:32","slug":"steampunk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2013\/steampunk\/","title":{"rendered":"Steampunk Books"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction that incorporates the new with the old\u2014the \u2018old\u2019 typically being set in Victorian London (or a similar place) with the old dresses, top hats, and those prim manners\u2026 And the \u2018new\u2019 being those futuristic inventions such as technology or objects with clockwork gadgets or steam-powered machinery.\u00a0 It is not necessarily a new genre; just one that has gained recent popularity.\u00a0 Mary Shelley\u2019s Frankenstein and Edgar Allan Poe\u2019s stories are often viewed as Steampunk.\u00a0 Historical, yet wired with science fiction, and oftentimes with a Gothic twist!\u00a0 \u2018Tis the season for a spooky read.<\/p>\n

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The Looking Glass Wars<\/b>\u00a0– Frank Beddor<\/a><\/p>\n

Call Number: JRHI BEDDOR,F<\/p>\n

A retelling of Alice in Wonderland, and what \u201creally\u201d happened.\u00a0 Instead of structuring the story around Alice in the real world falling into Wonderland, Alyss Heart hides out in Victorian London until she can return to her beloved Wonderland and claim her rightful throne from her evil aunt Redd.\u00a0 The story is threaded with imagination (really! That\u2019s Alyss\u2019 power), futuristic gadgets, and lots of action. Though the protag is female, will probably appeal more to boys.
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Hatter M<\/b> – Frank Beddor; Ben Templesmith (Artist); Liz Cavalier<\/a><\/p>\n

Call Number: GRAPHIC NOVEL YA HATTE<\/p>\n

A spin-off of The Looking Glass Wars, this graphic novel follows the adventures of Hatter M (aka. the Mad Hatter), who is the personal bodyguard to the royal house of Heart, as he searches for the lost Princess Alyss of Wonderland. It\u2019s an in-between story, taking place during the years Alyss was hiding out in Victorian London. The illustrations are wonderfully detailed.<\/p>\n

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Born of Illusion<\/b>\u00a0– Teri Brown<\/a><\/p>\n

Call Number: YA FIC BROWN,T<\/p>\n

I love stories with illusionists (or magicians); this is one with that bit of magic that makes you question whether it\u2019s imaginary; an entertaining story with a dash of history. This book has all those elements and those awesome steampunk gadgets, too.<\/p>\n

Set in 1920s New York City, this is the story of budding magician Anna Van Housen, who has spent her whole life playing sidekick to her faux-medium mother–and trying to hide the fact the she actually possesses the very abilities her mother fakes.<\/p>\n

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The Dark Unwinding<\/b>\u00a0– Sharon Cameron<\/a><\/p>\n

Call Number: YA FIC CAMERON,S<\/p>\n

In 1852, when seventeen-year-old Katharine is sent to her family’s estate to prove that her uncle is insane, she finds he is an inventor whose work creating ingenious clockwork figures supports hundreds of families, but strange occurrences soon have her doubting her own sanity.<\/p>\n

Although there are those elements of clockworks and gadgets, ingenious inventions and machinery, it\u2019s the historical aspects and characters that make this story shine.<\/p>\n

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Clockwork Angel<\/b>\u00a0– Cassandra Clare<\/a><\/p>\n

Call Number: YA FIC CLARE,C<\/p>\n

Now this is popular one.<\/p>\n

This is one for the paranormal romance fans.\u00a0 For those of you who have seen or read The City of Bones (the Mortal Instruments series) and enjoyed it, you\u2019ll definitely enjoy this one!<\/p>\n

When sixteen-year-old orphan Tessa Gray’s older brother suddenly vanishes, her search for him leads her into Victorian-era London’s dangerous supernatural underworld, and when she discovers that she herself is a Downworlder, she must learn to trust the demon-killing Shadowhunters if she ever wants to learn to control her powers and find her brother.<\/p>\n

A companion set to the Mortal Instruments series.<\/p>\n

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Something Strange and Deadly<\/b>\u00a0– Susan Dennard<\/a><\/p>\n

Call Number: YA FIC DENNARD,S<\/p>\n

In an alternate nineteenth-century Philadelphia, Eleanor Fitt sets out to rescue her brother, who seems to have been captured by an evil necromancer in control of an army of Undead.<\/p>\n

This has zombies, so be warned that there\u2019s plenty of fighting and chasing and braaaiiins.\u00a0 People die or become undead.\u00a0 It\u2019s awesome and depressing at the same time.\u00a0 Even with the magic and steampunk, I\u2019d place this more solidly in the horror category.<\/p>\n

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Leviathan<\/b>\u00a0– Scott Westerfeld; Keith Thompson (Illustrator)<\/a><\/p>\n

Call Number: YA FIC WESTERFELD,S<\/p>\n

In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old Austrian Prince Alek, on the run from the Clanker Powers who are attempting to take over the globe using mechanical machinery, forms an uneasy alliance with Deryn who, disguised as a boy to join the British Air Service, is learning to fly genetically-engineered beasts.<\/p>\n

Blending future and past, told in the alternating perspectives of Alek and Deryn.<\/p>\n

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This Dark Endeavor<\/b>\u00a0– Kenneth Oppel<\/a><\/p>\n

Call Number: YA FIC OPPEL,K<\/p>\n

When his twin brother falls ill in the family’s chateau in the independent republic of Geneva in the eighteenth century, sixteen-year-old Victor Frankenstein embarks on a dangerous and uncertain quest to create the forbidden Elixir of Life described in an ancient text in the family’s secret Biblioteka Obscura.<\/p>\n

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Etiquette and Espionage<\/b>\u00a0– Gail Carriger<\/a><\/p>\n

Call Number: YA SF CARRIGER,G<\/p>\n

In an alternate England of 1851, spirited fourteen-year-old Sophronia is enrolled in a finishing school where, she is surprised to learn, lessons include not only the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but also diversion, deceit, and espionage.<\/p>\n

This story has not only those usual steampunk elements, but also werewolves, vampires, and parasols.\u00a0 It\u2019s a humorous story for fans of the nineteenth century.<\/p>\n

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The Clockwork Scarab<\/b>\u00a0– Colleen Gleason<\/a><\/p>\n

Evaline Stoker (sister of Bram Stoker, author of Dracula) and Mina Holmes (niece to Sherlock Holmes) never meant to get into the family business. But when your families are Stoker or Holmes, vampire hunting and mystery solving are in your blood. And when two society girls go missing, there’s no one more qualified to investigate. Now fierce Evaline and logical Mina must resolve their rivalry, navigate the advances of not just one but three mysterious gentlemen, and solve murder with only one clue: a strange Egyptian scarab.<\/p>\n

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Steampunk – Poe<\/b>\u00a0– Zdenko Basic (Illustrator); Manuel Sumberac (Illustrator)<\/a><\/p>\n

Call Number: YA FIC POE,E<\/p>\n

This is a collection of Poe\u2019s stories will accompanying steampunk illustrations.\u00a0 His stories already have that feeling of strange and creepiness, so it only makes sense that it\u2019d be paired with steampunk.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a fan of short stories or of Edgar Allan Poe, or of peculiar things altogether, you\u2019ll enjoy this illustrated version.<\/p>\n

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Steampunk!<\/b>\u00a0– Kelly Link (Editor); Gavin J. Grant (Editor)<\/a><\/p>\n

Call Number: YA SF STE<\/p>\n

A collection of fourteen fantasy stories by well-known authors, set in the age of steam engines and featuring automatons, clockworks, calculating machines, and other marvels that never existed.<\/p>\n

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From Teen Booktalk 10\/24\/13<\/p>\n

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For more teen book suggestions, visit our TEEN BOOKLISTS online:
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Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction that incorporates the new with the old\u2014the \u2018old\u2019 typically being set in Victorian London (or a similar place) with the old dresses, top hats, and those prim manners\u2026 And the \u2018new\u2019 being those futuristic inventions such as technology or objects with clockwork gadgets […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,3],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion","category-staff-picks","tag-steampunk"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ZwbD-54","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":401,"url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2013\/steampunk-gifts\/","url_meta":{"origin":314,"position":0},"title":"Steampunk Gifts","author":"Jane Gov","date":"December 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Description of program: Create fun steampunk style jewelry using watch parts, gears, brass and copper charms. 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