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|title= Railhead
|author= Philip Reeve
|reviewer= Alex Mitchell
|genre= Teens
|summary= a steady-paced and thrilling science fiction adventure, packed full of interesting concepts, great characters and a bit of dry humour every once in a while. In his A-Z of ''Railhead'' Philip Reeve explains that '[[Y is for Yanvar']].
|rating= 5
|buy= Yes
|website= http://www.philip-reeve.com/
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'''Shortlisted for the 2017 CILIP Carnegie Medal'''
In the distant future, mankind has travelled into space, not by spaceship, but by train. This is the world of the Grand Network, with nearly a thousand K-gates (like Stargates but for trains) spanning the galaxy, linking hundreds of rich and varied worlds. The Network is watched over by vast digital creatures known as The Guardians, who are slightly apathetic computer deities. The story follows Zen Starling, a boy on the bottom rungs of society as he steals his way through life to support his mentally unstable mother and tough, hard-working sister. But soon, he becomes embroiled with a shady man called Raven, who has a mysterious and slightly sinister plan for the network…
[[Fever Crumb (Mortal Engines Quartet Prequel) by Philip Reeve]] – for more interesting concepts, characters and universes
[[The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel]] – a similar setting and concept, but for younger readers. {{toptentext|list=Top Ten Books for Teens 2015}}
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