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Toby Alone

Timothée de Fombelle author Sarah Ardizzone translator Francois Place illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Walker Books Ltd

Published:1st Jun '09

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An awards-laden adventure of heroism, friendship and survival – with a powerful ecological message – set in a captivating miniature world.

Toby Lolness is just one and a half millimetres tall, and he’s the most wanted person in his world, the Great Oak Tree. When Toby’s father makes a ground-breaking discovery, tapping into the very heart of the Tree’s energy, he also realizes that exploiting it could permanently damage their world. Refusing to reveal the secret of his invention to an enraged community, the family is exiled. But one man is determined to get hold of the forbidden knowledge ... and his plan is to destroy the Tree. Now Toby's parents have been imprisoned and sentenced to death. Only Toby has managed to escape, but for how long?

  • Winner of The Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation 2008 (UK)
  • Short-listed for Dorset New Horizon Book Award 2010 (UK)

ISBN: 9781406307269

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 28mm

Weight: 318g

400 pages