An iron giant saves the world in this contemporary classic. A mysterious creature stalks the land eating barbed wire and devouring tractors and plows. The farmers are mystified--and terrified. And then they glimpse him in the night: the Iron Giant taller than a house with glowing headlight eyes and an insatiable taste for metal. The hungry giant must be stopped at any cost. 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 a space-bat as big as Australia hungry for every living thing on Earth darkens the sky. First published in 1968 Ted Hughes s classic tale is a powerful tribute to peace on earth--and in all the universe. Of it Madeleine L Engle wrote \ How grateful we should be for Ted Hughes s brilliant The Iron Giant. It speaks to all ages and we need its message even more now.\ Philip Pullman called it \ so gripping that when you begin to read it aloud everyone stops to listen young children and old people alike.\ Whether you think of it as a science fiction fantasy or a modern fairy tale or a tall-tale parable for today you will never forget it.