Already being proclaimed a classic in children's literature and compared
to the likes of Roald Dahl and Eva Ibbotson, Katherine Rundell's
Rooftoppers merges fantasy and historical fiction with sophisticated
lyrical prose and vivid imagery that will delight middle grade readers,
tweens, teens, and parents and teachers alike. Join plucky heroine
Sophie, her eccentric guardian Charles, and her intrepid orphan allies
on the rooftops of Victorian Paris, as they encounter suspense and
adventure that will keep kids of all ages on the edge of their seats
right to the heartwarming end.
My mother is still alive, and
she is going to come for me one day. Everyone thinks that Sophie is an
orphan. Found floating in a cello case and swaddled in a Beethoven
score, she is the only recorded female survivor of a shipwreck on the
English Channel.
But Sophie remembers seeing her mother wave for
help... Charles, a fellow survivor and an eccentric scholar, finds
Sophie and brings her home to his London bachelor flat. Raised in a
quirky home filled with music, words and love (though questionable
diet), Sophie grows into a free-spirited tomboy with a taste for
Shakespeare and the unshakeable belief that anything is possible.
And you should never ignore a possible. So when the child welfare
agency in its bureaucratic wisdom threatens to send Sophie to an
orphanage, the optimistic girl and her odd guardian flee to Paris on a
quest to find her mother, starting with the only clue she has - the
address of the cello maker. Secured in an attic to evade the French
authorities, Sophie escapes through the skylight and meets Matteo and
his network of rooftoppers - homeless urchins who tightrope walk above
the busy streets below, dining on pigeons and snails alongside the
gargoyles and bell tower of Notre Dame.
Together they set out on
an unimaginable adventure, scouring the city for Sophie's mother before
she is caught and sent back to London - and most importantly, before
she loses hope. Readers who enjoyed the Lemony Snicket books, Ellen
Potter's The Kneebone Boy, Cornelia Funke's The Thief Lord, and Sally
Gardner's I, Coriander will want to put Rooftoppers on their "Must Read"
list.
Rooftoppers - Katherine Rundell
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