A tale of wild hope and thrilling adventure on the rooftops of Paris, this is a multi-award-winning modern classic from the bestselling, Costa Award winning author of The Explorer, Katherine Rundell
Katherine Rundell is the bestselling author of five children’s novels and has won the Costa Children’s Book Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children’s 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.
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*
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