9780375901676

The Iron Giant

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From Ted Hughes, England's Poet Laureate,  Knopf is proud to present a children's classic which has been unavailable in the U.S. for many years.  First published in 1968, The Iron Giant is a modern fantasy about a massive giant who stalks the earth devouring metal, terrifying farmers and townspeople everywhere. Despite his insatiable hunger, the Iron Giant is quite gentle and good-natured, though the townspeople are too frightened of him to realize it.  So they capture him and put him in a scrapyard, where he happily stuffs himself with stoves and bicycles.  The people forget about the Iron Giant until a space-bat the size of Australia hovers over the earth, poised to destroy it.  Earth needs a hero and only the Iron Giant is big enough and brave enough to do battle with the hideous creature from outer space.  With a tractor-eating giant, a menacing space-bat, and a young boy-hero, The Iron Giant is an accessible, early chapter book with plenty of appeal for reluctant readers and budding science fiction and fantasy fans.

ISBN-13

9780375901676

ISBN-10

0375901671

Weight

0.55 Pounds

Dimensions

6.00 x 0.50 x 8.75 In

List Price

$17.99

Format

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Pages

96 pages

Publisher

Knopf Books for Young Readers

Published On

1999-05-18



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