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The Tightrope Walkers

The Tightrope Walkers Hardcover - 2015

by David Almond

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  • Hardcover

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Candlewick Press, 2015. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title The Tightrope Walkers
  • Author David Almond
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition F First Edition;
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Candlewick Press, U.S.A.
  • Date 2015
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0763673102I4N00
  • 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)
  • Ages 14 to UP years
  • Grade levels 9 - UP
  • Reading level 620
  • Themes
    • Topical: Coming of Age
    • Topical: Family
    • Topical: Friendship
  • Library of Congress subjects Friendship, Bildungsromans
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014944915
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Booklist, 02/15/2015, Page 78
  • Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/2016, Page 14
  • BookPage, 04/01/2015, Page 0
  • 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.