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LONDON DEEP<br />
The climate upgrade failed.<br />
Rival police forces for kids and grown ups<br />
compete to keep the peace!<br />
Recap<br />
All citizens are implanted with an age chip at birth.<br />
The APD (nicknamed the ‘dult' police) are responsible for over 16s. The<br />
YPD (youth police department) police the under 16s.
Contents<br />
• Overview<br />
• The Climate Upgrade<br />
• Characters: The YPD<br />
• Characters: The APD<br />
• Characters: Father Thames/ the Mercs<br />
• Adaptation<br />
• Episode Guide<br />
• Animation Approach<br />
• Themes<br />
• Contact details<br />
info@mogzilla.co.uk<br />
www.mogzilla.co.uk
Contact: Robin Price<br />
Email robin@mogzilla.co.uk<br />
• Dystopian triology set in a<br />
Call: +44 (0)7740929404<br />
flooded future where kids<br />
police kids, and grown ups<br />
police grown ups!<br />
• Rule breaking risk taker<br />
Jem teams up with officious<br />
YPD agent Nick to track<br />
down eco-criminal gang<br />
Father Thames.<br />
• Three graphic novellas for<br />
screen adaptation.<br />
Strange areas of dark water are appearing...<br />
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London Deep<br />
London Deep is set in the not too distant future in a flooded<br />
world where rival police forces for kids and grown ups<br />
compete to keep the peace. At the heart of the story is a<br />
memorable concept: kids police kids and grown ups police<br />
grown ups. Follow the adventures of unlikely YPD recruit<br />
Jemima Mallard as tries to do the right thing in a sunken<br />
world - brimming with secrets and lies.<br />
London Deep is packed with memorable characters (both grown ups and<br />
kids) who’ll lead you through a mixed up world of coexisting communities.<br />
The series starts with a mystery... all over the river Thames, areas of dark<br />
polluted water have started to appear....<br />
Pollution like this has<br />
not been seen since the<br />
Climate Upgrade!<br />
Is the banned group<br />
Father Thames<br />
responsible?<br />
Rule-breaking teen<br />
Jemima Mallard<br />
must find out...
In the flooded future...<br />
Kids blame grown ups for what they did<br />
to the planet.
Overview<br />
What’s special about London Deep?<br />
• Kids police kids and grown ups police grown ups<br />
- society is divided along age lines.<br />
• It’s packed with unlikely pairings and choices:<br />
rebellious teen Jem must team up with the<br />
obsessive ‘details freak’ Nick.<br />
• London Deep Author Robin Price has imagined<br />
the series for a <strong>TV</strong> audience, drawing on some of<br />
the best elements of the three books and filling in<br />
gaps.<br />
• Each of the 26 episodes is packed with drama but<br />
no more scary or violent than the average Doctor<br />
Who episode.<br />
• Rooted in reality, the lack of magic and<br />
‘unbelievable’ elements and the cool visuals let<br />
younger viewers feel like they are crossing a<br />
boundary into something more ‘grown up’ than<br />
the typical animated programme.*<br />
• The story lines are age appropriate for children<br />
as young as 9 years old but many adults will also<br />
enjoy them too.<br />
*In his MIP Junior 2015 presentation, David<br />
Kleeman at Global Trends noted an ‘urge to age<br />
up’ and called it ‘innocent transgressive boundary<br />
crossing’.
The Climate Upgrade<br />
A catastrophic event known as ‘The Climate<br />
Upgrade’ caused mass flooding. Now London<br />
is drowned.
Two police forces<br />
The APD (nicknamed the ‘Dult police) are<br />
responsible for anyone over the age of 16<br />
years. The YPD (headed up by their ‘Mander)<br />
are responsible for anyone under the age of<br />
16 years.<br />
At birth every citizen is ‘chipped’ with an Age<br />
ID tag. These can be read by a detector.<br />
However, as we find out, it is possible to hack<br />
these age chips.<br />
Gun taboo<br />
Since the Climate Upgrade guns have<br />
become taboo. Anyone caught with one is<br />
cast adrift outside the Barrier.<br />
The police carry non-lethal electric guns -<br />
(‘zaps’) but these are very expensive to fire<br />
and are slow to recharge.
Father Thames ISBN: 9781906132040<br />
London Deep ISBN: 9781906132033<br />
Threadneedle ISBN: 9781906132057<br />
‘A terrifically atmospheric page-turning<br />
adventure... with contemporary issues of<br />
climate change and the environment in an<br />
original and provocative way but without<br />
sounding patronising. It’s a rattling good<br />
read and one in which you are sure to be<br />
drawn in to Jemima’s exploits of survival.’<br />
–
Adaptation<br />
The Adaptation<br />
The <strong>TV</strong> series starts with Jem joining the YPD. (This is the big<br />
revelation at the beginning of the second book - Father Thames<br />
- but it has been brought forward for the <strong>TV</strong> adaptation). With<br />
Jem a cop in the YPD from episode 2, the scene is set for<br />
a futuristic cop thriller. Serial rule breaker Jem is teamed up<br />
with methodical details freak Nick. A question mark hangs over<br />
Jem’s motives. Is she bought into the YPD or will she be swayed<br />
by the tempting chaos of her mother’s secretive organisation<br />
Father Thames?<br />
• Environmental themes are explored without preaching.<br />
Children blame adults for what they did to the world.<br />
• The two teenage leads are in the driving seat, in positions of<br />
power...<br />
• However, with empowerment comes responsibility as they<br />
are encounter new dilemmas in each episode.<br />
Episodes<br />
• We’re flexible about formats - e.g. 26 x 22 mins or 13 by 22<br />
mins are options.<br />
• There are 4 books and a detailed world to draw upon.<br />
• ‘Propulsive serialization’ techniques are used - where a new<br />
story line develops every 3 or 4 episodes.<br />
• Each episode resolves so you can still watch them in any<br />
order - but ideally when you watch them sequentially them<br />
you’ll be gripped as the story progressively unfolds.
CHARACTERS<br />
JEM<br />
The daughter of a high ranking APD inspector,<br />
Jemima Mallard is a serial rule breaker.<br />
Impulsive and intuitive, she often puts herself<br />
into risky situations in order to satisfy her<br />
curiousity. Jem has a passion for fairness.<br />
She must choose between the infl exible forces<br />
of law and order and the glamour of Father<br />
Thames - her mother’s outlawed organisation.<br />
At fi rst Jem is attracted by Father Thames ‘s<br />
arguments. They are right to protest about<br />
society’s fl aws but like many extremists before<br />
the Climate Upgrade - they put their cause<br />
above the needs of people. Over the series -<br />
Jem and Nick will see how this is wrong.<br />
Jemima Mallard<br />
NICK<br />
Nick is the opposite of Jem - a details freak who gets enraged by law breakers - however<br />
petty the law. Nick likes investigations to proceed in an orderly manner and becomes<br />
infuriated when Jem goes diving in and muddying the waters. Despite his nerdy attention<br />
to detail, Nick has a strong physical presence. He’s great with boats and ropes. Years of<br />
training mean he can handle himself in any situation. Behind his obsession with arrest<br />
statistics, a caring and cool person may be waiting to come out. Nick does not know it at<br />
the beginning, but he’s secretly falling for rule breaking Jemima Mallard.
The Dult Police (APD)<br />
MALLARD<br />
DCI Mallard is Jem’s father. After a long career in the APD<br />
he starts the series ‘sailing a desk’ (close to retirement)<br />
but gets mixed up in Jem’s adventures. Mallard always<br />
comes to Jem’s aid when she’s in trouble. This plain<br />
talker gets some of the best lines in the series especially<br />
when he starts arguing with Jem’s mother.<br />
The YPD<br />
THE MANDER<br />
The YPD love their jargon:<br />
‘Mander’ is short for commander.<br />
The Mander is the chief officer<br />
in the YPD. This charismatic<br />
leader is a great presenter and<br />
a clever negotiator.<br />
Rumour has it that his age<br />
ID might have been ‘chipped’<br />
and he’s older than 16.<br />
SUBMANDER<br />
HAIG<br />
Haig is the Mander’s ruthless second in<br />
command. He recruited Jem to the force,<br />
perhaps in order to set her against her<br />
father (and the APD). Haig wrote the book<br />
on treachery - and the put the book on the<br />
‘banned’ list!
The YPD (continued)<br />
NEW RECRUITS<br />
At the age of 17 a YPD officer must hand back their badge and leave the force. This<br />
means the YPD are constantly recruiting new members. They’ll need them too -<br />
what with the ‘black holes’, threadneedle, Father Thames, the Mercs and ‘drift by’<br />
crime on the rise.<br />
One of Jem’s<br />
cases brings her into contact with these<br />
reenactor droids from the Pastkeeper’s<br />
Palace. (Art by Sumit Sarkar)
RIVER<br />
Jem’s mother heads up the banned<br />
organisaion Father Thames. She is<br />
a volatile contrast to Jem’s ‘down to<br />
earth’ father. She cured herself of the<br />
Threadneedle disease but refuses to<br />
share the vaccine with Mallard.<br />
FLEUR<br />
Harfleur (‘Fleur’<br />
for short) is from<br />
the Stormfather<br />
island. Despite her<br />
strangely ‘distant’<br />
personality she<br />
becomes the<br />
object of Nick’s<br />
affections.<br />
The Mercs<br />
Meet the Mercs: part merchants, part mercenaries. Despite their ‘code’, not<br />
all Mercs are as honourable as their leader Hass (with the moustache). Mercs<br />
have access to pre-flood technology like ‘fabbing’ (fabricating spare parts).
Father Thames<br />
Not everyone agrees with a world divided<br />
along age lines. The name Father Thames<br />
is whispered by dissenters. Jem discovers<br />
that Father Thames is not a person:<br />
it’s an organisation led by Jem’s brilliant but<br />
volatile mother.<br />
SAUL<br />
Father Thames informant and graffiti<br />
scrawling ‘coder’ who is rescued by<br />
Jem. He has connections with Father<br />
Thames and The Mercs.<br />
‘FATMAN’<br />
This technological genius<br />
and lover of forbidden snacks is the<br />
co-founder of Father Thames.<br />
SHAMI<br />
Shami is River’s right hand in Father<br />
Thames organisation. She’s a mole<br />
in the YPD, working for Father<br />
Thames. Shami was orphaned at a<br />
long age and she’s jealous of Jem’s<br />
relationship with River.
A mine has broken free from the M25: the ancient<br />
minefi eld that encircles London.
Themes<br />
At the risk of going all ‘deep’ on you - the series explores<br />
some of the following issues:<br />
CLIMATE CHANGE: THE YOUNG BLAME THE OLD<br />
THE DYNAMIC BETWEEN KIDS AND GROWN UPS<br />
EXTREMISM and IDEALISM<br />
F<br />
Jem’s mother becomes infected with the ‘threadneedle’disease:
EPISODE GUIDE<br />
Tensions rise as rival police forces for grown ups and kids compete<br />
to keep the peace in a flooded world. The APD (adult police - or ‘Dult’<br />
police) are responsible for citizens over 16 and the YPD police anyone<br />
under 16.<br />
Series One<br />
Episode One: Strangetown<br />
Jemima Mallard’s houseboat gets sunk by masked raiders. Jem’s father (an Inspector<br />
in the APD) chases the jet skiers - but they are clocked as ‘under age’! The Dult police<br />
are powerless to arrest them. Jem ‘borrows’ a nearby taxi boat and pursues the raiders<br />
(breaking multiple laws in the process). When the raiders get away, Jem returns to find<br />
her father trying to talk YPD boss Haig out of arresting her for stealing the taxi. Haig<br />
offers her a deal: join the YPD or face punishment in The Bloody Tower, (the YPD’s<br />
infamous floating prison).<br />
Episode Two: Sinker<br />
Rule breaker Jemima Mallard is horrified to find herself a rookie YPD officer. Her new<br />
patrol partner Nick is equally horrified to have a raw recruit as a partner. Their first case<br />
is a weird one. Someone is sinking boats for fun. Attacks are centred on the Bargers: a<br />
secretive minority community led by a disciplinarian called The Ferryman. Jem and Nick<br />
discover that the Ferryman’s son knows more about the sinkings than he is letting on.<br />
Episode Three: Fab<br />
YPD officer Nick is worried because his arrest rate has slowed since he teamed up with<br />
new girl Jem. YPD boss Haig is threatening to take away Nick’s beloved launch - The<br />
Aqua - unless the pairs’ arrest stats improve. Jem agrees to go to the only place that<br />
can get Nick’s stats up: a ‘sink’ estate near the Isle of Frogs. Things get ‘choppy’ when<br />
the duo run into an illegal powerboat shop. Motors need to be licenced and ‘fabbing’<br />
(fabricating) engine parts is a ‘three bar’ offence. Unbelievably, the fabber is over age<br />
and the YPD can’t arrest her! Has someone hacked her ‘unhackable’ age ID chip?<br />
Episode Four: Drift by<br />
Jem and Nick are sent to investigate a ‘drift-by’ robbery near Shard island. On top of<br />
the ruined Shard building is Nelson’s Column. Architects used to be ‘creative’ before<br />
the Climate Upgrade. On route, Jem and Nick pass a whirlpool of polluted water. These<br />
mysterious black holes are said to be toxic but Jem dives in to investigate. Running out<br />
of air, she is rescued by Nick - who risks his life. But when Jem discovers that her reserve<br />
air tank has been disconnected, she suspects the YPD of sabotage.<br />
Episode Five: Water rats<br />
The city is battened down, preparing to face a freak wave. Jem overhears a distress<br />
call: an old woman has fallen off her barge in the rat infested Canary swamp area. Rats<br />
(and adults) carry the incurable threadneedle disease, which only affects young people.<br />
Nick decides to ignore the call - there’s no ‘stats’ for saving a grown up. Infuriated, Jem<br />
ditches Nick and speeds to the rescue. She saves the old woman but when a wave hits<br />
her boat, she falls in and is carried downstream by the fast current. Reaching out, she<br />
clings onto the first thing she finds. This turns out to be a ‘Keep’ - a floating holding cell<br />
for YPD prisoners. But the plague rats have spotted it too!
Episode Six: The Bloody Tower<br />
Commander Haig orders Jem to go undercover to track down the criminal Father<br />
Thames. Jem’s ID chip seems to be malfunctioning. She is picked up by a YPD patrol.<br />
Their galley is on route to their infamous prison - The Bloody Tower. Jem discovers<br />
a mysterious calling card in her pocket. Jem learns from fellow prisoner Saul that her<br />
‘scratcher’ card carries a code that will allow her to connect with Father Thames. At<br />
the gates of The Bloody Tower Jem’s boat is rescued by her father (DCI Mallard). He<br />
might be in the ‘Dult police - but he’s got a submarine full of ration packs to trade for his<br />
daughter’s freedom. How did Mallard find Jem? Mallard explains that Nick made the<br />
call. Jem is forced to reassess her opnion of her YPD partner.<br />
Episode Seven: Shark’s tooth<br />
Nick and Jem are back on the beat together. Jem’s attitude towards Nick seems to<br />
have softened. But Nick misinterprets this lack of open hostility for deeper feelings.<br />
Meanwhile, Illegal powerboats have been reported near the Thames Barrier Reef. The<br />
‘Dult police are first on the scene but a shark rams Mallard’s boat. Luckily - Jem is handy<br />
with a harpoon gun and scores a direct hit. Jem is given a tooth from the shark as a<br />
souvenir. But the shark has been ‘augmented’ with technology. This kind of pre-flood<br />
hi-tech is ultra rare and illegal. Mallard suspects the shark was made by ‘Mercs’ - shady<br />
traders who are part merchant, part mercenaries.<br />
Episode Eight: M25<br />
Two floating mines have drifted past the city defences. The first mine explodes and the<br />
second floats menacingly onwards. Little is known about technology from before the<br />
Climate Upgrade. The mines have come from the M25 an ancient minefield surrounding<br />
London. Mallard calls a Pastkeeper from the museum, who agrees to come and help.<br />
Nick tries to explode the mines with a ‘hell’ bomb, but the fuel just burns on the surface<br />
of the mine. Jem is not impressed with Nick for creating a floating fire bomb!<br />
An fat man arrives in a Hong Kong style junk. He deactivates the second mine, saving<br />
the floating market and leaves before anyone can thank him. Moments later, the real<br />
expert from the museum arrives. Who was the mysterious fat man? Jem is amazed<br />
when her shark tooth pendant vibrates and reveals a message.<br />
Episode Nine: Two Swords<br />
Sub-mander Haig gives Jem and Nick a rare day off. Jem decides to spend her day<br />
diving into the flooded waxworks of Madame Two Swords. Nick decides to ‘tag’ along.<br />
Jem doesn’t want him to come but he just can’t read the signs. As they arrive at a place<br />
called Toad Island, a masked figure swings onto the boat and knocks Nick into the water,<br />
leaving him stranded. When she removes her mask, Jem is amazed to find discover<br />
that the masked raider is her own mother - River. Jem’s father warned her to ‘let still<br />
waters be’ - her mother is brilliant but volatile. River tries to recruit Jem to join Father<br />
Thames. But Jem decides to go back to rescue Nick from the poisonous inhabitants of<br />
Toad Island.<br />
Episode Ten: Return of the Argonaut<br />
The sole survivor of a hand picked crew returns to London in his boat The Argo. The<br />
survivor claims to have discovered an entire new continent. Jem and Nick are sent to<br />
investigate, they find that the new land mass is a huge floating island of waste plastic.<br />
As they leave, they encounter the Mercs (part mercanaries - part merchants). Things<br />
look bad for the YPD pair until the leader of the Mercs spots Jem’s shark tooth necklace.<br />
Episode Eleven: Threadneedle<br />
When Jem and Nick investigate a house boat theft, Nick saves Jem from a booby trap<br />
but becomes infected with the ‘threadneedle’ disease. This only affects young people.<br />
Adults (and rats) are the carriers of the disease. Jem is shocked to learn that the Mander<br />
is banishing the ‘threadies’ to a ‘safeguarding’ area outside the barrier. Nick is stripped of<br />
his badge and taken away. Jem seeks out her mother’s help. But will River help save the<br />
life of an officer in the hated YPD? River agrees and Nick’s record is alterted to indicate<br />
a false positive.
EPISODE GUIDE - cont.<br />
Episode Twelve: It’s a gas<br />
The mystery of the black holes is finally revealed! Father Thames have been mining the river bed<br />
for methane gas - which they are storing in a giant underground tank. But what do the outlaws want<br />
with all that gas? The YPD and APD hold a conference of war. Would Father Thames really use gas<br />
against the inhabitants? Jem thinks not but Mallard wouldn’t rule it out. Jem and Nick are despatched<br />
to destroy the tank - but Shami - a double agent in the YPD - is determined to stop them.<br />
Episode Thirteen: Subversion<br />
The Mander sends Nick and Jem to infiltrate Father Thames’s base - an abandoned submarine.<br />
Nick is amazed when the leader of Father Thames is revealed to be... Jem’s mother! The one who<br />
treated him for threadneedle and hacked his medical record to conceal it. Not convinced by River’s<br />
extremist arguments, Nick escapes and shoots the Fat man with a non-lethal ‘zap’ gun. Tragically,<br />
the fat man’s pacemaker fails and he dies. Nick is distraught when he recognizes the fat man as the<br />
hero who defused the floating mine that threatened the market. Should he reveal the truth to Jem?<br />
Series Two<br />
Episode Fourteen: King coder<br />
Rumour has it that Father Thames is offering a one million joules prize for anyone who can ‘code’<br />
Nelson’s column. ‘Coding’ slogans on boats and buildings is a ‘three bar’ offence for which the<br />
punishment is three years in the YPD’s prison (the infamous ‘Bloody Tower’). YPD officer Nick thinks<br />
this is a fair punishment: scaling the tops of sunken towers to deface them is a dangerous offence.<br />
But a boy called Saul is determined to get his hands on the prize.<br />
Episode Fifteen: Dultnappers<br />
A gang of youths is kidnapping adults. Relations between the YPD and the APD are at an all time low<br />
and the ‘Dult police are powerless to stop the attacks. Mallard reluctantly asks Jem and Nick to help<br />
him bring the youth gang to justice. Nick wins Jem’s respect when he risks everything in order to help<br />
her father. Does Jem really have feelings for her YPD partner or is it strictly business?<br />
Episode Sixteen: Shark city<br />
Someone has been using a device to drain the city batteries. They are sapping the power to the<br />
Barrier (a chain of security buoys that protect the city waters from sharks and deadly ‘beastfish’). In<br />
the course of her investigation, Jem discovers a secret: the power has been down for weeks. Only<br />
a line of baited hooks stands between the public and the former wildwater zone called ‘Sharkopolis’.<br />
Should Jem blow the whistle or would the truth spread panic?<br />
Episode Seventeen: Power jack<br />
The YPD’s weapons are out of power. Saul has a proposition for Jem.The boy suggests going to the<br />
Mercs to buy a ‘top up’. Nick disagrees - arguing that you shouldn’t buy power when you don’t know<br />
where it comes from. However without their non-lethal zap guns, the YPD will have to use force to<br />
make arrests and people will get seriously hurt.<br />
Episode Eighteen: Wavebombers<br />
Whenever the winds and the tide combines, the Thames Barrier reef can be a dangerous place.<br />
What better place for the exciting craze of ‘wavebombing’. Under orders to put a stop to it, Nick is<br />
about to break the surfer’s boards. Meanwhile, Jem is impressed by Remi - a charismatic surfer.<br />
She persuades Nick to let the wavebombers off with a verbal warning. Later, when Remi’s younger<br />
brother goes missing in storm surge conditions, Jem borrows a board and rides to his rescue.
Episode Nineteen: The Ferryman<br />
Someone is using a device that creates whirlpools - to draw attention away from their criminal<br />
activities: an illegal powerboat race. The Mander suspects Father Thames: but the answer lies with a<br />
feud at the heart of the Barger community who must choose a new ‘Ferryman’ to lead them.<br />
Episode Twenty: Pastkeeper’s palace<br />
Jem and Nick arrive at the Pastkeeper’s Palace - a private museum - to find a three metre high hole<br />
in the wall. Three war re-enactment robots have busted out. But it can’t be possible... everyone<br />
knows that robots aren’t intelligent enough to unplug themselves.<br />
Episode Twenty One: Wounded siren<br />
Jem and Nick are told to investigate incidents of boats being ‘drawn’ onto the rocks by a mysterious<br />
call and wrecked! But this is London, not ancient Greece! At the heart of the mystery is a box made<br />
by a pre-flood security corporation called Greenwheel.<br />
Episode Twenty Two: Tribute<br />
A ghostly ship sails right through a hole in the Barrier. Nick and Jem try to intercept the vessel but the<br />
crew are formidable fighters. Defeated, both police forces decide to negotiate with the intruders. Their<br />
leader - Thorlkeld, looks like he’s just stepped out of a Viking long ship. Haig offers him solar panels<br />
and food. But Thorkeld delivers an ultimatum.Thorkeld’s leader - The Stormfather - is demanding a<br />
tribute of people.<br />
Episode Twenty Three: The Stormfather wants you!<br />
Jem and Nick follow Thorkeld’s ship to a tiny windswept island. Nick swims ashore to find the leader<br />
of the islanders: a madman known as Bad Mask - who is working for the mysterious Stormfather.<br />
Jem discovers that The Stormfather is an ancient wind turbine. (The faded manufacturers nameplate<br />
reads: Stormfarmer II).The pair rescue Mallard, free up the sails and make the Stormfather turn<br />
again. Nick can’t understand why Fleur isn’t elated. With this much renewable electricity from the<br />
wind - the islanders are rich. However, Mallard warns that power always corrupts.<br />
Episode Twenty Four: Shami through the looking glass<br />
Mallard breaks bad news. Despite their oath of secrecy, the Mander has got wind of the new ‘electric<br />
island’ where the streets are paved with electricity. Jem suspects that Shami is the ‘mole’ but Nick<br />
discovers that Shami is a double agent: she’s been working been working for Father Thames all<br />
along.<br />
Episode Twenty Five: Harfleur<br />
Bored of waiting for Jem, Nick has fallen for Harfleur. On a mission to a second Stormfarmer wind<br />
turbine, the pair encounter rats carrying threadneedle disease. Nick is already infected - and as<br />
he drives the creatures away he is bitten again. When Harfleur finds out, she abandons him in a<br />
dangerous situation.<br />
Episode Twenty Six: Renewables<br />
The YPD decide to leave London because of the threadneedle epidemic. However, Mallard suspects<br />
that they want to take over the Stormfather island (now an important strategic ‘asset’ due to its<br />
renawable power source). As the YPD fleet head for the Island, Harfleur and the Islanders must<br />
decide whether to accept the newcomers. Meanwhile the Mercs have also learned of the power<br />
source and they want their share. They’ve brought an ancient robot back to life. As the rival forces<br />
converge on the island, Jem must decide where her loyalties lie - and whether her rocky relationship<br />
with Nick is ‘renewable’ too.
What the reviewers say...<br />
The first London Deep book was a Recommended<br />
Read for World Book Day in 2011. There are three titles<br />
in the series.<br />
‘Robin Price’s writing is quirky with a bit of an edge to it that greatly<br />
adds realism to this dystopian version of London… Add in the<br />
gritty illustrated comic panels by Paul McGrory and you find this<br />
is indeed something quite new, not only in plot, but in style. It’s<br />
not just an illustrated novel, nor is it quite a graphic novel. It is<br />
a hybrid between the two… As such, it works quite well for the<br />
younger market. Children aged 9 and above who are reluctant to<br />
read but love comics will find the shorter full text sections easy<br />
to get through, with the comic panels adding punctuation to the<br />
action occurring within that part of the chapter.’<br />
www.dooyoo.co.uk<br />
‘London Deep is a really amazing story about a twelve year old<br />
girl called Jemima Mallard. She lives in a flooded London of the<br />
future!! … This book is a very enjoyable read with lots of drama<br />
action and fun. The comic pics are very enjoyable to look at and<br />
they fit well with this kind of story.’<br />
Abigail – (aged 10).<br />
‘Is this part graphic novel, part standard text, or is it a story with<br />
illustrations…? It made my head ache, but my eleven year old<br />
loved it and seemed to have no trouble cutting backwards and<br />
forwards between the two…’<br />
Rachel Ayers Nelson – School Librarian Magazine<br />
(Father Thames) ‘Unusual in style and fast-moving, the writing<br />
ensures the reader is totally absorbed in the book and the people<br />
and places spring to life. The format is perfect for encouraging<br />
reluctant readers and they will be well rewarded by this exciting<br />
story.’<br />
www.parentsintouch.co.uk
The Books<br />
‘This is a terrifically atmospheric page-turning adventure<br />
told through words and comic art. Set in the near future, in a<br />
flooded London where rival police forces – one for adults and<br />
one for kids – compete to keep the peace, it intertwines the<br />
story of Jemima, daughter of the Chief Inspector of Police, with<br />
contemporary issues of climate change and the environment<br />
in an original and provocative way but without sounding<br />
patronising. It’s a rattling good read and one in which you are<br />
sure to be drawn in to Jemima’s exploits of survival.’<br />
www.lovereading.co.uk<br />
‘Through pace and narrative power, both admirably sustained,<br />
the book avoids becoming didactic. This is no campaign<br />
document on climate change…<br />
The characterization, especially of Jemima and Nick, is forceful<br />
and convincing. They capture the reader’s interest and carry<br />
the narrative forward…’ Armadillo Magazine<br />
“...the detailed world depicted in Father Thames (has) familiar<br />
landmarks transformed since the ‘Climate Upgrade’ – including<br />
the Thames Barrier Reef, Trafalgar Swamp and the remains<br />
of the London Eye, now known as ‘the Socket’. Children will<br />
also revel in the mysterious invaders, who are part pirate and<br />
part Viking warriors. Father Thames is half book, half graphic<br />
novel, with Japanese ‘manga’-style illustrations, which serve as<br />
excellent rewards for continued reading. The masked invaders<br />
are particularly chilling. The book contains references to fairly<br />
tricky themes such as terrorist cells, but action-loving readers<br />
will lap this up.’ Scholastic Education
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London Deep ISBN: 9781906132033<br />
Father Thames ISBN: 9781906132040<br />
Threadneedle ISBN: 9781906132057<br />
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