Un Lun Dun (2007) (edit title/settings)

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• Zanna (Susanna Moon): has the title "the Shwazzy," which is related to the French adjective "choisi," meaning "chosen". She hates her given name, "Susanna," but she hates "Sue" even more. She is tall and striking, with blond hair, but she always tries to stay in the background. A prophesied chosen one who is destined to save UnLondon from the Smog.
• Deeba Resham: "the UnChosen"; She likes to do things her own way, and is not your stereotypical hero.
• Hemi: Hemi is a half-ghost - the result of a union between an UnLondoner and a dead Londoner; Hemi can speak to both ghosts and non-ghosts; he's taken to stealing or "extreme shopping".
• Benjamin Unstible: a Propheseer who was presumed dead..
• Brokkenbroll: master of broken umbrellas.
• Rosa: the bus driver.
• Curdle: A pet milk carton.
• Obaday Fing: tailor.
• Smog: an evil, sentient cloud of pollution.
• Skool: a friend of Fing's in an old-fashioned diving suit.
• Curdle: Deeba's pet milk carton who wheezes agressively
• Curdle: A milk carton that acts like a dog, which Deeba adopts during her adventures.
• Henn: Add a description of this character.
• Kath
• Yorick Cavea
• Keisha
• Decba
• Rawley
• Pons
• Hass
• Lipster
• Joe Jones
• Inessa
• Murgatroyd

Quotes edit see section history

• “'Ha! They've done a good job making people believe that those hippy refugees in the zoos are normal giraffes. Next you'll tell me that they've got long necks so they can reach high leaves!'”

  Conductor Jones

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• “Well,” he said grudgingly. “Londoners can get out of the habit of thinking about some things. Things that come here. But I wouldn’t worry yet.”

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• “Sometimes rubbish collectors have taken it, but often as not it ends up here, where people find other uses for it. It seeps into UnLondon. You might see residue: maybe a dried-up puddle on a wall. That’s where moil dripped through. And here, it sprouts like mushrooms on the streets.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• UnLondon: is a nonsensical mirror version of London, inhabited by varying creatures and animated items who have been discarded by the inhabitants on London.
• Wraithtown: the town of ghosts.
• Unbrellissimo
• Lin London
• Lin Gun
• Tin London

Organizations edit see section history

• Slaterunners: a tribe of people who walk only on the roofs.
• Propheseers: Add a description of this organization.

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. China Miéville (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. China Miéville (Illustrator)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• Locus Award (2008: Best Young Adult Book)

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• Dewey: 823.914

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• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror › Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy
• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction