Leviathan is a twisted version of World War I, where we have real events and people mixed into a fictitious, futuristic world. The story follows two teens, Deryn Sharp and Prince Aleksander of Hohenburg. Instead of the Central Powers and the Allies (yes, I had to look that up), we have Clankers and the Darwinists. The story follows each teen seperately, then brings them together. Leviathan ends abruptly, making it necessary to continue the series if the reader wants to find out what has happened.
I love when authors write stories, especially science fiction, that mirror times in history. Unfortunately for me, I am not a World War I buff, so there were many things I had to look up to see if they related to something or someone real. But what a great learning opportunity that would present for teachers and students. This would be a great book to use with sophomores (typically the year they take world history) so that the two classes could feed off of each other.
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