Feather Boy
Format:Paperback
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Published:2nd Jan '02
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Robert Nobel, the school pariah, triumphs over his own fears and the school bully, in this extraordinary tale of self-empowerment, legend and death. Robert is a boy who can do anything -- or so old Edith Sorrel at the nursing home tells him. Robert doesn't think so, knowing as he does that he is the school geek. But something compels him to do what Edith asks -- to visit old Chance House, where a boy once fell to his death from the top floor flat, to confront his fears and find some answers. Niker the bully thinks this is a great laugh. He challenges Robert to spend the night at Chance House with him -- but there the balance of power changes, and it is Robert who proves to be the stronger. Niker feels threatened by the change -- and when he finds out Robert's secret obsession, to make the dying Edith Sorrel a coat of feathers like in the old legend of the Firebird, he knows just how to wrest his old power back. But just how important is the coat of feathers? Could it really save Edith's life?
"Inventive, original and full of surprises, it's the sort of dazzling debut novel that most publishers would fall over themselves to snap up!" T2 "Feather Boy is the most intelligent book for youngsters I've read for a very long time. Every 12-year-old will see a bit of themself in Robert and won't be able to put this book down until Feather Boy's emotional, thought-provoking climax. Fabulous." Funday Times "Feather Boy is more than just a story about Bullying. It's bigger than that. It's about finding your voice, shouting from the rooftops about something you believe in, refusing to back down, never giving up. It's enormously uplifting." John McLay "Feather Boy is simply fabulous! an emotionally intense suspense novel of the highest order" Michael Thorn, Achuka "If you only read one book this year, choose FEATHER BOY, for its memorable portraits of youth and age, its taut plot and, above all, its emotional ring of truth." Jenny Morris, Lion & Unicorn bookshop "This first children's book is a winner." Publishing News "A joy to read! A fascinating, emotional and captivating book that deserves wide recognition." Sheila Wood, Books for Students "Something unique and special" Tara Stephenson, Waterstone's
- Short-listed for Blue Peter Children's Book Awards: The Book I Couldn't Put Down 2002
- Short-listed for Blue Peter Book Award (Book I Couldn't Put Down Prize) 2002
ISBN: 9780007120260
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 20mm
Weight: 267g
288 pages