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From Ted Hughes, Englands Poet Laureate,Knopf is proud to present a childrens classic which has been unavailable in the U.S. for many years.First published in 1968, The Iron Giant is a modern fantasy about a massive giant who stalks the earth devouring metal, terrifying farmers and townspeople everywhere. Despite his insatiable hunger, the Iron Giant is quite gentle and good-natured, though the townspeople are too frightened of him to realize it.So they capture him and put him in a scrapyard, where he happily stuffs himself with stoves and bicycles.The people forget about the Iron Giant until a space-bat the size of Australia hovers over the earth, poised to destroy it.Earth needs a hero and only the Iron Giant is big enough and brave enough to do battle with the hideous creature from outer space.