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International award winner David Almond draws on memories of his early years in Tyneside, England, for a moving coming-of-age novel, masterfully told.

A gentle visionary coming of age in the shadow of the shipyards of northern England, Dominic Hall is torn between extremes. On the one hand, he craves the freedom he feels when he steals away with the eccentric girl artist next door, Holly Stroud--his first and abiding love--to balance above the earth on a makeshift tightrope. With Holly, Dom dreams of a life different in every way from his shipbuilder dad's, a life fashioned of words and images and story. On the other hand, he finds himself irresistibly drawn to the brutal charms of Vincent McAlinden, a complex bully who awakens something wild and reckless and killing in Dom. In a raw and beautifully crafted bildungsroman, David Almond reveals the rich inner world of a boy teetering on the edge of manhood, a boy so curious and open to impulse that we fear for him and question his balance--and ultimately exult in his triumphs.

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Title The Tightrope Walkers
Author David Almond
Binding Hardback
Edition F First Edition;
Pages 336
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Candlewick Press (MA), U.S.A.
Publication date 2015-03
ISBN 9780763673109 / 0763673102
Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
Dimensions 9.1 x 6 x 1.4 in (23.11 x 15.24 x 3.56 cm)
Age range 14 to UP years
Grade levels 9 - UP
Reading level 620
Themes
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Topical: Family
- Topical: Friendship
Category Young Adult Fiction
Library of Congress subjects Friendship, Bildungsromans
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2014944915
Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Booklist, 02/15/2015, Page 78
Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/2016, Page 14
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 04/01/2015, Page 387
Horn Book Magazine, 03/01/2015, Page 89
Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books, 12/01/2015, Page 49
Kirkus Reviews, 12/15/2014, Page 0
New York Times Book Review, 05/31/2015, Page 54
Publishers Weekly, 01/26/2015, Page 0
PW Children's Starred Reviews, 12/02/2015, Page 98
School Library Journal, 01/01/2015, Page 105
Shelf Awareness, 03/31/2015, Page 0
Voice of Youth Advocates, 02/01/2015, Page 0

About the author

David Almond has received several major awards, including a Hans Christian Andersen Award, a Carnegie Medal, two Whitbread Awards, an Eleanor Farjeon Award, and a Michael L. Printz Award. He is known worldwide as the author of Skellig, Clay, and many other plays, stories, and novels, including The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean as well as The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers; The Savage, Slog's Dad, and Mouse Bird Snake Wolf, illustrated by Dave McKean; and My Dad's a Birdman and The Boy Who Climbed Into the Moon, illustrated by Polly Dunbar. David Almond lives in England.

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