Katherine Rundell
Paperback | Pages: 278 pages Rating: 4.05 | 8277 Users | 1425 Reviews
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| Title | : | Rooftoppers |
| Author | : | Katherine Rundell |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 278 pages |
| Published | : | March 7th 2013 by Faber Faber |
| Categories | : | Childrens. Middle Grade. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Adventure. Young Adult |
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Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. True, there were no other recorded female survivors from the shipwreck which 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 that means still possible. 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 sky. Together they scour the city for Sophie's mother before she is caught and sent back to London, and most importantly before she loses hope.Identify Books To Rooftoppers
| Original Title: | Rooftoppers |
| ISBN: | 0571280595 (ISBN13: 9780571280599) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Paris(France) |
| Literary Awards: | Carnegie Medal Nominee (2014), Premio El Templo de las Mil Puertas Nominee for Mejor novela extranjera independiente (2017) |
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Ratings: 4.05 From 8277 Users | 1425 ReviewsCritique Regarding Books Rooftoppers
just a wonderful, magical, extraordinary book. the kind of classic-feeling book you can put in the hands of a little girl and feel confident that with it, she will grow into a wonderful, magical, extraordinary creature herself. it might work on boys, too, who knows? but right now i am speaking to the fathers i know with young daughters who are looking for that book that will leave an impression on them in a literary role-model kind of way: a strong and smart and brave little girl raised by anCharming young adult book about an orphan girl, Sophie, who looks for her mother of whom she is convinced she is alive... in Paris, travelling over rooftops together with Charles her guardian and sort of 'stepfather' and a band of rooftop children... 3.4 maybe more. Will return for more! A beautiful story about pursuing your dreams and never ignoring a 'possible'. Everyone tells Sophie that she was orphaned in a shipwreck. But Sophie is convinced her mother also survived. When no one believes
Rooftoppers was a fun read. If my ten year old self had read this, surely I would have rated the book 4 stars. My adult self wasn't as invested (since I wasn't the target audience; my opinion doesn't count against children!), even though I appreciated the charm of the story. Matteo reminded me slightly of a childlike Han Alister, or perhaps a far more innocent version of a scamp from Oliver Twist. Caught between the upper end of childrens' and lower end of middle grade, I'm shelving the book as
Woah, I can't believe that is the cover they show you! The one I've got is so beautiful... Anyway I guess I should start talking about the book? Well to start let me just say I have not read anything that has been so completely and shockingly beautiful that I am way past crying in about... well a long time. I think it may have been aimed at younger audiences but it mattered not. The story was so utterly simple but wonderful in this simplicity. You fell in love with all of the characters despite
Mother Daughter Book Club Review:Mother: Great story with spoonfuls of creamy dream-like prose. Loved most young Sophie and her adventures with the rag-tag friends who dwell on rooftops and trees, especially Matteo and the almost more-than-friendship introduced by Rundell...reminiscent of Secret Garden with maybe a dash of Heathcliff in hardscrabble Matteo, the lone wolf kid all haunted, passionate, and grim. (Jump, Sophie, jump. You might die, but maybe you won't. And here, here are my scars
Loved this book. Heart eyes for Sophie and Charles and Matteo.
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