The warm, funny and imaginative tale of a boy struggling to be accepted for his differences, by the bestselling author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.
John Boyne (Author)
John Boyne is the author of fifteen novels for adults, six for
younger readers, and a collection of short stories. His 2006 novel
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas has sold more than 11 million copies
worldwide and has been adapted for cinema, theatre, ballet, and
opera. His many international bestsellers include The Heart's
Invisible Furies and A Ladder to the Sky. He has won four Irish
Book Awards, including Author of the Year in 2022, along with a
host of other international literary prizes. His novels are
published in sixty languages.
Twitter- @JohnBoyneBooks
Instagram- @JohnBoyneAuthor
Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator)
Oliver Jeffers is a visual artist and author working in
illustration, painting, collage, and sculpture. His
critically-acclaimed picture books have been released
internationally and translated into over thirty languages, and his
artwork has been exhibited at institutions including the Brooklyn
Museum in New York City, the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin,
the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Ulster Museum in
Belfast, and the Palais Auersperg in Vienna. Oliver has been the
recipient of numerous awards, including a New York Times Best
Illustrated Children's Books Award, Irish Book Award, Texas
Bluebonnet Award, and United Kingdom Literary Association Award. He
will release his fifteenth book as author and illustrator in late
2016. Oliver grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland; he currently
lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Boyne’s previous children’s novels have dealt with serious,
life-changing themes and his deftness of touch is equally evident
in this uplifting celebration of otherness
*Daily Mail*
Charming, uplifting and perfect for any growing child who might be
feeling a little different
*Independent*
It's unashamedly and often delightfully whimsical. It's lovely to
look at . . . It has much of the pell-mell
what-the-hell-happens-nextness of Dahl and Ibbotson
*Guardian*
A whimsical, warm-hearted adventure
*The Bookseller*
Very entertaining reading . . . This is a book very much on the
side of the child, operating rather in the same way that, for
example, the children’s novels of Roald Dahl operate. But Boyne’s
humour is much gentler and subtler than Dahl’s . . . Oliver
Jeffers’s black-and-white illustrations capture both the wit and
pathos of Boyne’s text
*Irish Times*
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