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**A fast-paced, thought-provoking adventure story filled

with friendship, war and the journey to find who we really are,
from the author of The Monsters of Rookhaven.**

SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS CHILDREN'S BOOK
OF THE YEAR 2018

NOMINATED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE AWARD 2019

'One of a kind. Utterly fantastic.' EOIN COLFER

'A big-hearted debut about friendship, belonging and what
it means to be human.' THE BOOKSELLER

'Every so often you read a book that is so wonderful you wish
you had written it - this book is one of those.' READING ZONE

Christopher is 'Proper': a real boy with a real soul,
orphaned in a fire. He works for an engineer, a maker of the
eccentric, loyal and totally individual mechanicals who are Christopher's
best friends.

But after a devastating accident, a secret is revealed and Christopher's
world is changed for ever ... What follows is a
remarkable adventure, as Christopher discovers who he really is,
and what it means to be human.

• A heartfelt tale of humanity, adventure and belonging,
  from the bestselling author of Pog and The Monsters
  of Rookhaven.

• Pinocchio meets The Wizard of Oz with
  a hint of Northern Lights as a boy and his mechanical
  friends discover the truth about his past.

• A thought-provoking and timely novel, with strong themes
  of friendship, war and what it really means to be human.