
Boy In The Tower
$24.23
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2015
Summary
A middle-grade The Day of the Triffids, and an absolutely captivating fable about fear and hope, loneliness and friendship.
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 BOOKTRUST PICK
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.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552569163 |
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| ISBN-10: | 055256916X |
| Author: | Polly Ho-Yen |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Corgi Childrens |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2015 |
| Weight: | 238g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 23mm |
| Audience Age: | 9-11 |
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Critics Review
This matches a dystopian plot with a hugely engaging narrator … An unusual and very impressive debut.
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 - will love it, too. Boy In The Tower comes highly recommended by me. I think it might even be my favourite story of 2014 so far.
About The Author
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 visits schools … only now they’re all over the country. She lives in Bristol with her husband Dan who designs the covers of her books.
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