Potter's Boy
By (Author) Tony Mitton
David Fickling Books
David Fickling Books
7th February 2019
7th February 2019
United Kingdom
Young Adult
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
823.92
Short-listed for Branford Boase Award 2018
264
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 19mm
254g
Potters Boy is a moving and beautiful story about finding your true path. Ryo witnesses a lone warrior scare bandits away from the village in which he has grown up, and sets his heart on training to become like the hero he saw. He sets out on a journey to find his way in the world, and his encounters with the people he meets leads him to a true understanding of what it means to follow his dream.
Beautifully written . . . filled with peaceful wisdom * Financial Times *
Thrillingly robust, this book is an eternal rallying cry to the heroism of artists, and one every reader should treasure * The Times *
Mitton's words flow freely and easily with all the lyrical grace of a song * Independent *
Tony Mitton is an award-winning poet, and author of Wayland and The Storyteller's Secrets. Potter's Boy is his first prose novel.