Fiction:

Clockwork Angel
Cassandra Clare
YA CLA
LEXILE: not listed
When sixteen-year-old orphan Tessa Fell's older brother suddenly vanishes, her search for him leads her into Victorian-era London's dangerous supernatural underworld, and when she discovers that she herself is a Downworlder, she must learn to trust the demon-killing Shadowhunters if she ever wants to learn to control her powers and find her brother.

Airman
Eoin Colfer
YA COL
LEXILE: 800
In the late nineteenth century, when Conor Broekhart discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, he is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for diamonds under brutal conditions while he plans a daring escape from Little Saltee prison by way of a flying machine that he must design, build, and, hardest of all, trust to carry him to safety.

Magic Under Glass
Jaclyn Dolamore
YA DOL
LEXILE: 680 HL
A wealthy sorcerer's invitation to sing with his automaton leads seventeen-year-old Nimira, whose family's disgrace brought her from a palace to poverty, into political intrigue, enchantments, and a friendship with a fairy prince who needs her help.

Worldshaker
Richard Harland
YA HAR
LEXILE: not listed
Sixteen-year-old Col Porpentine is being groomed as the next Commander of Worldshaker, a juggernaut where elite families live on the upper decks while the Filthies toil below, but when he meets Riff, a Filthy girl on the run, he discovers how ignorant he is of his home and its residents.

1. Airborn
LEXILE: 760
2. Skybreaker
LEXILE: 750
3. Starclimber
LEXILE: 700
Kenneth Oppel
JFIC OPP
Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface.

1. Boneshaker
LEXILE: not listed
2. Dreadnought
LEXILE: not listed
3. Clementine
LEXILE: not listed
Cherie Priest
SF PRI
Leviticus Blue accidentally released a poisonous gas which turned people into the walking dead, when he drove his mining machine (the Boneshaker) for the very first time. Now his son, Ezekiel, is searching for proof of his father’s innocence in the city he destroyed (Seattle).

Clockwork, or All Wound Up
Philip Pullman
JFIC PUL
LEXILE: 860
Long ago in Germany, a storyteller's story and an apprentice clockwork-maker's nightmare meet in a menacing, lifelike figure created by the strange Dr. Kalmenius.

1. The Golden Compass
LEXILE: 930
2. The Subtle Knife
LEXILE: 890
3. The Amber Spyglass
LEXILE: 950
Philip Pullman
YA PUL
Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.

Fever Crumb
Philip Reeve
YA REE
LEXILE: not listed
Foundling Fever Crumb has been raised as an engineer although females in the future London, England, are not believed capable of rational thought, but at age fourteen she leaves her sheltered world and begins to learn startling truths about her past while facing danger in the present.

1. Mortal Engines
LEXILE: 990
2. Predator’s Gold
LEXILE: 1020
3. Infernal Devices
LEXILE: not listed
Philip Reeve
YA REE
In the distant future, when cities move about and consume smaller towns, a fifteen-year-old apprentice is pushed out of London by the man he most admires and must seek answers in the perilous Out-Country, aided by one girl and the memory of another.

The Death Collector
Justin Richards
YA RIC
LEXILE: 800
Three teens and a curator of unclassified artifacts at the British Museum match wits with a madman determined to use unorthodox methods to reanimate the dead, both humans and dinosaurs.

The Hunchback Assignments
Richard Slade
YA SLA
LEXILE: 680 HL
In Victorian London, fourteen-year-old Modo, a shape-changing hunchback, becomes a secret agent for the Permanent Association, which strives to protect the world from the evil machinations of the Clockwork Guild.

The Diamond Age
Neil Stephenson
SF STE
LEXILE: not listed
Set in a futuristic Shanghai, Nell finds an illegal copy of The Primer – a device that gives her special knowledge and powers – and is pursued by the creator of the device, as well as others who want to get their hands on it.

1. Leviathan
LEXILE: 790
2. Behemoth
LEXILE: not listed
Scott Westerfeld
YA WES
In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old Austrian Prince Alek, on the run from the Clanker Powers who are attempting to take over the globe using mechanical machinery, forms an uneasy alliance with Deryn who, disguised as a boy to join the British Air Service, is learning to fly genetically-engineered beasts.

The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
Chris Wooding
YA WOO
LEXILE: 970
As Thaniel, a wych-hunter, and Cathaline, his friend and mentor, try to rid the alleys of London's Old Quarter of the terrible creatures that infest them, their lives become entwined with that of a woman who may be either mad or possessed.

Graphic Novels:

Full-Metal Alchemist (series)
Hiromu Arakawa
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL FUL
LEXILE: not listed
As young boys, Edward & Alphonse Elric dabbled in alchemy to try to resurrect their dead mother. As a result, Ed lost one arm and one leg, while Al lost his entire body and had his spirit sealed into a suit of armor. Now, they are searching for the fabled Philosopher's Stone to restore what they've lost.

Girl Genius
Phil Foglio
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL GIR
LEXILE: not listed
Volume 1 collects three adventures of Agatha Clay, girl genius and descendent of the Heterodyne line of mad scientists.

The Arrival
Shaun Tan
JFIC GRAPHIC NOVEL TAN
LEXILE: not listed
In this wordless graphic novel, a man leaves his homeland and sets off for a new country, where he must build a new life for himself and his family.

Vogelein: Clockwork Faerie
Jane Irwin
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL VOG
LEXILE: not listed
When her Guardian dies, Vogelein, the clockwork faerie, must find someone to trust before her own life ends.

Nonfiction:

Steampunk-Style Jewelry: Victorian, Fantasy, and Mechanical Necklaces, Bracelets and Earrings
Jean Campbell
739.27 CAM
LEXILE: not listed
Learn how to create Steampunk-style jewelry using pieces of hardware, clock parts, etc.