Boy In The Tower
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK
Published:29th Jan '15
Should be back in stock very soon
A middle-grade The Day of the Triffids, and an absolutely captivating fable about fear and hope, loneliness and friendship.
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.
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.
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. She prefers to sleep all day inside their tower, where it's safe.
Except it isn't any more. Strange plants have started to take over and tower blocks are falling down around them.
Now Ade and his mum are trapped and there's no way out . . .
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.
- Runner-up for Teach Primary New Childrens Fiction Award 2015 (UK)
- Short-listed for Blue Peter Book Awards 2015 (UK)
- Short-listed for Redbridge Childrens Book Award 2015 (UK)
- Short-listed for Peters Book of the Year Award 2015 (UK)
- Long-listed for BRANFORD BOASE 2015 (UK)
ISBN: 9780552569163
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 21mm
Weight: 236g
336 pages