Fly Me Home
Published on 6. July 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-552-57623-9 (ISBN)
Description
Feeling lost and alone in a strange new city, Leelu wishes she could fly away back home - her real home where her dad is, thousands of miles away.
London is cold and grey and the neighbours are noisy and there's concrete everywhere.
But Leelu is not alone; someone is leaving her gifts outside her house - wonders which give her curious magical powers.
Powers which might help her find her way home . . .
Fly Me Home is an incredibly moving portrait of one family's struggle to adjust to life in a new country. Full of friendship, family and magic, this stunning novel by Polly Ho-Yen, author of Boy in the Tower (shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award) and Where Monsters Lie, is a must-read for 9-12 readers.
Praise for Boy in the Tower
'An unusual and very impressive debut' The Bookseller
'I loved it' Bookbag
Praise for Where Monsters Lie
'One of the most unusual and distinctive new voices in children's fiction' The Bookseller
London is cold and grey and the neighbours are noisy and there's concrete everywhere.
But Leelu is not alone; someone is leaving her gifts outside her house - wonders which give her curious magical powers.
Powers which might help her find her way home . . .
Fly Me Home is an incredibly moving portrait of one family's struggle to adjust to life in a new country. Full of friendship, family and magic, this stunning novel by Polly Ho-Yen, author of Boy in the Tower (shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award) and Where Monsters Lie, is a must-read for 9-12 readers.
Praise for Boy in the Tower
'An unusual and very impressive debut' The Bookseller
'I loved it' Bookbag
Praise for Where Monsters Lie
'One of the most unusual and distinctive new voices in children's fiction' The Bookseller
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 11 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
217 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-552-57623-9 (9780552576239)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Person
Polly used to be a primary school teacher in London and while she was teaching there she used to get up very early in the morning to write stories. The first of those stories is now a book called Boy in the Tower.
She's still writing stories and though she doesn't teach now, she still visit schools ... only now they're all over the country.
She lives in Bristol with her husband Dan who designs the covers of her books.
She's still writing stories and though she doesn't teach now, she still visit schools ... only now they're all over the country.
She lives in Bristol with her husband Dan who designs the covers of her books.