If the wolf-haunted roads and scheming adults around Bonnie and Sylvia grabbed you, you’ll love the rolling, predatory cities of Mortal Engines. Like the cousins dodging Miss Slighcarp and Mr. Grimshaw’s plots, Tom and Hester must outwit ruthless powers in a reimagined, Victorian-flavored world where danger stalks every path. It’s bristling with the same grimy grandeur and audacious escapes that made Willoughby Chase so fun.

You raced through Bonnie and Sylvia’s mission to expose Miss Slighcarp, flee Mrs. Brisket’s workhouse, and restore Willoughby Chase—here, you’ll tear through Sage’s razor-edged contest to survive a schemer’s deadly plan and seize a perilous crown. Like the girls plotting with Simon the goose-boy, Sage survives by wits, nerve, and bold gambits against manipulative adults.

If the train ambush, frozen river escape, and wolf-dodging scrambles kept your pulse up, Airborn delivers that same momentum in the skies—pirates, cliffside rescues, and midair gambles. As Bonnie and Sylvia darted from Miss Slighcarp’s clutches with daring improvisation, Matt and Kate leap from one audacious escape to the next with the same swashbuckling snap.

Loved how Bonnie and Sylvia refuse to be cowed by Miss Slighcarp and Mrs. Brisket? Lyra Belacqua has that same fearless spark. She faces sinister institutions, treacherous adults, and a wintry trek north with the kind of grit that got the cousins through wolves, prisons, and betrayals—only here there are armored bears and daemons alongside the danger.

If Mrs. Brisket’s cruelty and the girls’ ordeal made you burn for justice, Sara Crewe’s battle with Miss Minchin will hit the same nerve. Like the exposure of Miss Slighcarp’s schemes and the rescue of Willoughby Chase, Sara endures deprivation, clings to kindness, and ultimately overturns the petty tyrannies of her keepers with unwavering dignity.