Rooftoppers: From the author of the internationally bestselling phenomenon Impossible Creatures

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Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize
Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal
From the winner of the Costa Children's Book Prize

'A writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination' Philip Pullman

Everyone tells Sophie that she was orphaned in a shipwreck found floating in a cello case on the English Channel on her first birthday. But Sophie is convinced her mother also survived.

When the Welfare Agency threatens to separate her from her guardian and send her to an orphanage, Sophie takes matters into her own hands, starting with the only clue she has the address of a cello-maker in Paris. On the run from the authorities, Sophie finds Matteo and his network of rooftoppers urchins who walk tightropes and live in the sky. In a race across the rooftops of Paris, will they be able to find her mother before it's too late

Hopeful, inspiring and thrilling in equal measure, this is a classic adventure story about pursuing your dreams and never ignoring a possible.

Reviews

A writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination * Philip Pullman *
I enjoyed it tremendously An ultra stylish writer with a true gift for imaginative storytelling. The next time I go to Paris I will be looking up at the rooftops * Jacqueline Wilson *
A rare and remarkable treat, witty and full of original thoughts This quirky book advocates curiosity, thoughtfulness, freedom and courage * Sunday Times *
Whimsical, beautifully-written and as carefully balanced as the tightrope Sophie learns to walk, Rooftoppers is a sensitive and emotionally resonant novel with an uplifting message about the power of hope * BookTrust *

Author Bio

Katherine Rundell is the bestselling author of five childrens novels and has won the Costa Childrens Book Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Childrens Book Prize amongst many others. Katherine spent her childhood in Africa and Europe before taking her degree at the University of Oxford and becoming a Fellow of All Souls College. As well as writing, she studies Renaissance literature and occasionally goes climbing on the rooftops late at night.