Rooftoppers Contributor(s): Rundell, Katherine (Author), Fan, Terry (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1442490586 ISBN-13: 9781442490581 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2013 * Out of Print * |
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BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - City & Town Life | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewey: FIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
LCCN: 2012049469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Age Level: 8-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grade Level: 3-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lexile Measure: 490(Not Available) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical Information: 0.98" H x 5.82" W x 8.54" L (0.81 lbs) 277 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Themes: - Topical - Friendship - Cultural Region - French | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards: Nevada Young Readers' Award, Nominee, Young Readers, 2016 E.B. White Read Aloud Award, Honor Book, Middle Readers, 2014 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Recommended, Seven to Ten, 2014 Great Stone Face Book Award, Nominee, Grades 4-6, 2014 Carnegie Medal, Nominee, Children's, 2014 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, Finalist, Children's Fiction, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/29/2013 Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2013 Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2013 pg. 44 Booklist 09/01/2013 pg. 104 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2013 pg. 177 Kirkus Best Middle Grade Books 11/15/2013 pg. 82 School Library Journal 12/01/2013 pg. 118 SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2013 pg. 38 New York Times Book Review 12/22/2013 pg. 15 New York Times Book Review 12/29/2013 pg. 18 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 pg. 91 - Recommended, Satisfactory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quiz #: 161195 Reading Level: 3.5 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
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Publisher Description: Embrace possibility in this luminous novel about a girl in search of her past who discovers a secret rooftop world in Paris. Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. True, there were no other recorded female survivors from the shipwreck that left baby Sophie floating in the English Channel in a cello case, but Sophie remembers seeing her mother wave for help. Her guardian tells her it is almost impossible that her mother is still alive--but "almost impossible" means "still possible." And you should never ignore a possible. So when the Welfare Agency writes to her guardian, threatening to send Sophie to an orphanage, she takes matters into her own hands and flees to Paris to look for her mother, starting with the only clue she has-- the address of the cello maker. Evading the French authorities, she meets Matteo and his network of rooftoppers--urchins who live in the hidden spaces above the city. Together they scour the city in a search for Sophie's mother--but can they find her before Sophie is caught and sent back to London? Or, more importantly, before she loses hope? Phillip Pullman, author of the His Dark Materials series, calls Rooftoppers "the work of a writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination." |
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Contributor Bio(s): Fan, Terry: - Terry Fan received his formal art training at Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto, Canada. His work is a blend of traditional and contemporary techniques, using ink or graphite mixed with digital. He spends his days (and nights) creating magical paintings, portraits, and prints. The Night Gardener is his first book. Born in Illinois, he now lives in Toronto. Visit him online at Krop.com/TerryFFan and Society6.com/igo2cairo and on Facebook (Terry Fan Illustration).Rundell, Katherine: - Katherine Rundell is the author of Rooftoppers, Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms (a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner), The Wolf Wilder, and The Explorer. She grew up in Zimbabwe, Brussels, and London, and is currently a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. She begins each day with a cartwheel and believes that reading is almost exactly the same as cartwheeling: it turns the world upside down and leaves you breathless. In her spare time, she enjoys walking on tightropes and trespassing on the rooftops of Oxford colleges. |
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