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Boy In The Tower
Polly Ho-Yen
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Description for Boy In The Tower
Paperback. When they first arrived, they came quietly and stealthily as if they tip-toed into the world when we were all looking the other way. Ade loves living at the top of a tower block. From his window, he feels like he can see the whole world stretching out beneath him. His mum doesn't really like looking outside - but it's going outside that she hates. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: YFC; YFG. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD 2015
LONGLISTED FOR THE BRANFORD BOASE AWARD 2015
SHORTLISTED FOR THE REDBRIDGE AWARD 2015
RUNNER UP TEACH PRIMARY NEW CHILDREN'S FICTION AWARD 2015
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When they first arrived, they came quietly and stealthily as if they tip-toed into the world when we were all looking the other way.
Ade loves living at the top of a tower block. From his window, he feels like he can see the whole world stretching out beneath him.
His mum doesn't really like looking outside - but it's going outside that she ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Corgi Childrens
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552569163
SKU
V9780552569163
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99-99
About Polly Ho-Yen
Polly used to be a primary school teacher in London and while she was teaching there she used to get up very early in the morning to write stories. The first of those stories is now a book called Boy in the Tower. She’s still writing stories and though she doesn’t teach now, she still visit schools … only now ... Read more
Reviews for Boy In The Tower
This matches a dystopian plot with a hugely engaging narrator . . . An unusual and very impressive debut.
Fiona Noble
The Bookseller
Haunting and compelling, with characters you really care for
Vanessa Lewis
The Bookseller
I loved it and I think you - whoever you are, whether you're aged eight or eighty - ... Read more
Fiona Noble
The Bookseller
Haunting and compelling, with characters you really care for
Vanessa Lewis
The Bookseller
I loved it and I think you - whoever you are, whether you're aged eight or eighty - ... Read more