Author: Reeve, Philip
Interest age: from c 12 years 
Published 05/07/2018 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom as part of the Mortal Engines Quartet series 
Paperback | 336 pages
 
The first book in the award-winning Mortal Engines
quartet. 
In a dangerous future, huge motorized cities hunt, attack and
fight each other for survival.
As London pursues a small town, young apprentice Tom is flung
out into the wastelands, where a terrifying cyborg begins to hunt
him down.
Mortal Engines launched Philip Reeve's brilliantly-imagined
creation, the world of the Traction Era, where mobile cities
fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic future.
Mortal Engines won the coveted Gold Smarties Award.
Now a feature film of the same name, starring Hera Hilmar, Robert
Sheehan and Hugo Weaving. Produced by Lord of the Rings director,
Peter Jackson.