Yeah, there was a lackluster movie adaption of the first book a few years back, and there's a second movie due out next month. Hmmm... fun adventurous non-fant

Yeah, there was a lackluster movie adaption of the first book a few years back, and there's a second movie due out next month. Hmmm... fun adventurous non-fantasy YA, first that comes to mind is Kenneth Oppel's Airborn, etc. Old-fashioned boy's adventure stories set in a steampunk universe.