Children's Audiobooks · Teen & Young Adult
Night Flights: A Mortal Engines Collection by Philip Reeve, Ian McQue
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Return to the world of Mortal Engines in this new book of three short stories about the rebellious young aviatrix, Anna Fang, illustrated by Ian McQue. A key character in the Mortal Engines book and film, this is your chance to learn more of her past. Night Flights includes Traction City, the 2011 World Book Day Book by Philip Reeve.
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What the Story Feels Like
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The story tends to keep moving, with enough forward momentum to make scene changes and plot turns feel relatively quick.
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What this means for you: This is a compact, adventure-led collection set in the Mortal Engines world, with Anna’s travels bringing danger, movement, and encounters with varied people. The story-level evidence suggests a briskly moving experience, while the wider emotional and thematic range remains difficult to judge from the available material.
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Reader Themes
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Dangerous adventure, vocal characterization, and forward motion are the ideas that recur most consistently, adding useful texture beyond the premise itself.
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Our Take
Night Flights is best approached as a compact return to Philip Reeve’s steampunk world, with Anna Fang’s dangerous travels and a sense of forward motion providing the strongest supported appeal. It may suit younger listeners and existing Mortal Engines fans who want an additional adventure rather than a long, deeply examined novel. Barnaby Edwards receives specific praise for varying accents and handling pronunciation details, although the evidence base for the recording as a whole remains modest.
See what supports this take →Runtime & Edition Details
- Runtime
- 2 hours and 51 minutes
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Publisher
- Scholastic Audio Books
- Audiobook release date
- August 28, 2018
- Language
- English
- ASIN
- B07G8Q2PN3
Before You Listen
- Violence is indicated in the available material, but the extent is not sufficiently described.
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Is this a full-cast production?
No full-cast format is verified in the supplied metadata. The edition lists Barnaby Edwards as narrator.
How long is this audiobook?
The verified runtime is 2 hours and 51 minutes, and the edition is unabridged.
What language is this edition in?
This edition is in English.
Does the narration distinguish characters?
Available commentary describes varied accents and meaningful pronunciation differences among characters. The evidence supports a developing expectation rather than a definitive judgment of the entire recording.
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