The Family Tree
Published on 15. May 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
88 pages
978-1-78112-805-3 (ISBN)
Description
Revisiting a childhood home sparks powerful memories in this stunningly insightful and unforgettable novella by the highly acclaimed and much missed Mal Peet.
When a man returns to his childhood home and visits the derelict tree house in which his father once chose to live, he recalls the past unravelling of his family, the unspoken strangeness of their lives, and the impact on his own adult life.
Particularly suitable for readers aged 13+ with a reading age of 8.
When a man returns to his childhood home and visits the derelict tree house in which his father once chose to live, he recalls the past unravelling of his family, the unspoken strangeness of their lives, and the impact on his own adult life.
Particularly suitable for readers aged 13+ with a reading age of 8.
Reviews / Votes
"I love this wonderful book. How does Mal Peet do so much in such a short space? It's engrossing, haunting, beautifully written." - DAVID ALMOND"For some time now, Mal Peet has been the most elegant prose stylist in the world of young-adult fiction...one of the best novelists, full stop" - ANTHONY MCGOWAN
"It's likely to be the best children's book you will read this year ... Peet is a profound storyteller and this haunting, moving story - sensitively illustrated by Emma Shoard's atmospheric ink drawings - reminds us what riches he left behind and what treasures we are missing." THE TIMES (CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK)
"Engrossing, haunting and beautifully written" - David Almond
"Emotional truth and tenderness ... Told in simple language and illustrated with muted loveliness" - The Sunday Times
"Wonderful writers like Mal Peet don't need hundreds of pages or thousands of words to write a story that packs a unforgettable punch ...Poignant and moving" - South China Morning Post
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Target group
Young adult
Children/juvenile
Reading Age: 8 years, Interest Age: From 13 years
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
172 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78112-805-3 (9781781128053)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Mal Peet was a multi-award-winning novelist best known for his young adult fiction, including Keeper, Tamar, and Life: An Unexploded Diagram. His novels were nominated for and won several awards including the Carnegie Medal, the Branford Boase Award, and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. In 2017 his final novel Beck was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Mal passed away in 2015.
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Emma Shoard is an illustrator and printmaker who graduated in 2011 from Kingston University's Illustration & Animation course. She also works part-time as a bookseller for Daunt Books. Emma has twice been longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal for her work on Siobhan Dowd's The Pavee and the Buffer Girl and Mal Peet's The Family Tree.
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Emma Shoard is an illustrator and printmaker who graduated in 2011 from Kingston University's Illustration & Animation course. She also works part-time as a bookseller for Daunt Books. Emma has twice been longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal for her work on Siobhan Dowd's The Pavee and the Buffer Girl and Mal Peet's The Family Tree.