The Iron Giant

The fearsome iron giant becomes a hero when he challenges a huge space monster. This paperback edition of poet laureate Ted Hughes' classic children's novel is timed with the release of an animated feature film from Warner Brothers, set to hit theaters during the 1999 holiday season. Illustrations throughout.
A mysterious creature stalks the land, eating barbed wire and devouring tractors and plows. The farmers are mystified-and afraid. And then they glimpse him in the night: the Iron Giant, taller than a house, with glowing headlight eyes and an insatiable appetite for metal. Where has he come from? Nobody knows. How was he made? Nobody knows. What they do know is the Iron Giant must be stopped.
Only a young boy named Hogarth is brave enough to lead the Iron Giant to a safe home. And only Hogarth knows where to turn when the earth needs a hero--a giant hero--like never before...
First published in 1968, Ted Hughes's classic tale is a powerful tribute to peace on earth -- and in all the universe.
Review:
A tall-tale hero in a parable for today. The author's intensely felt theme and his invention of dramatic details make this brief piece of fiction high-spirited and entertaining.
-- The Horn Book
A clever, inventive fantasy of timely appeal to children.
-- Booklist
Written with such great gusto, with such vivid precision, that children will sit spellbound in their ringside seats.
-- Publishers Weekly
A great book to start up a family reading tradition. Irresistible.
-- Boston Phoenix
Reckoned one of the greatest of modern fairy tales.
-- The Observer (England)
A thrilling and unforgettable tale, magnificently told.
-- Trade News (England)
Hughes has never written more compellingly...with linguistic tact and imaginative power to achieve something of possible enduring consequence.
-- The Times (England)
Riveting.
-- The Tablet (England)
Brilliant.
-- The Listener (England)