The City of Gold and Lead
Book - 1988
Three boys set out on a secret mission to penetrate the City of the Tripods and learn more about these strange beings that rule the earth.
Publisher:
New York : Collier Books, 1988, c1967.
Edition:
2nd Collier Books ed.
ISBN:
9780020427018
0020427018
0020427018
Branch Call Number:
J SF/CHRI
Characteristics:
218 p. ; 18 cm.
Alternative Title:
Tripods trilogy.



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Add a CommentJohn Christopher was one of the greats. The Tripod trilogy (later he wrote a prequel) begins with the White Mountains. I would suggest a reading level of about 8th grade with comprehension ability to match. Sometimes kids have trouble with the time it takes for world building. The premise of the trilogy is that humans are begin subjugated by mind control. City of Gold and Lead is the second in the trilogy and takes the reader into one of the cities of the Masters. The third book, Pool of Fire brings the epic battle for freedom on earth to a close.
Great book, very entertaining read.
All the action and excitement of a 1960s sci-fi short story … in 200 pages. It’s hard to judge a children’s novel too harshly for adult enjoyment, but this series continues to ride the line of being just not quite boring enough to give up on. It feels exactly like I’m reading a boys’ adventure novel from the 60s, nothing more, nothing less.
My 5th Grader liked this book and requested I get others in the series.