Tyger
Published on 31. August 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-78845-291-5 (ISBN)
Description
Winner of the 2023 British Book Award for Children's Fiction Book of the Year & The Week Junior's Children's Book of the Year: Older Fiction!
Adam has found something incredible in a rubbish dump in London. A mysterious, mythical, magical animal. A TYGER. And the tyger is in danger.
Adam and his friend Zadie are determined to help, but it isn't just the tyger's life at stake. Their whole world is on the verge of destruction. Can they learn to use their powers before it's too late?
Adam has found something incredible in a rubbish dump in London. A mysterious, mythical, magical animal. A TYGER. And the tyger is in danger.
Adam and his friend Zadie are determined to help, but it isn't just the tyger's life at stake. Their whole world is on the verge of destruction. Can they learn to use their powers before it's too late?
Reviews / Votes
A future classic * British Book Award for Children's Fiction Book of the Year 2023 * A transcendent masterpiece that captivates readers from beginning to end ... absolute genius * The Week Junior Children's Book of the Year: Older Fiction 2023 * Spectacular * The Times Children's Books of the Year 2022 * A classic in the making * Foyles Children's Book of the Year 2022 * You wait years and years for a masterpiece and then one comes along * Frank Cottrell-Boyce * Next level excellent. This book is a gem * Malorie Blackman * A simple, thrilling tale of a boy and a girl and a Tyger. A triumph! * Jacqueline Wilson * An out-and-out masterpiece * Piers Torday * Breathtaking, heartbreakingly and achingly beautiful. Perfection * Sophie Anderson * A masterpiece of a story: beautiful, brilliant, perfect! * Peter Bunzl * A timeless classic * Sita Brahmachari * A perfectly-judged children's adventure * Katherine Woodfine * Another roaring success * The Times, Children's Book of the Week * Here are two masters of their crafts and their collaboration is absorbing, uplifting and joyous. My book of the year so far. Buy it, read it, share it! * LoveReading * An ambitious, bold tour-de-force * The Reading Agency Children's Books of the Year 2022 *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 12 years
Illustrations
black & white
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78845-291-5 (9781788452915)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
SF Said's debut novel, Varjak Paw, won the Nestle Smarties Prize. The sequel, The Outlaw Varjak Paw, won the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. SF's 2013 novel, Phoenix, was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and selected for the 2016 IBBY Honour List. His latest novel, Tyger, won the British Book Award for Children's Fiction Book of the Year 2023 & was The Week Junior's Children's Book of the Year: Older Fiction in 2023. In addition to winning multiple prizes for his own work, SF has judged major UK book awards, including the Costa Book Awards, BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award and Amnesty/CILIP Honour award. He is a dedicated champion of reading for pleasure, and writes passionately about children's books and all things connected to them.
Dave McKean is an illustrator, artist, graphic designer, photographer, filmmaker and musician. He has illustrated all of SF Said's novels, as well as books by David Almond and Neil Gaiman. Dave directed a feature film based on one of his picture books with David Almond, which was produced by Jim Henson Studios and starred Rob Brydon. Dave was a concept artist for two Harry Potter films, and also directed The Gospel of Us: a film of a National Theatre Wales play starring Michael Sheen. He lives in Kent with his wife.
Dave McKean is an illustrator, artist, graphic designer, photographer, filmmaker and musician. He has illustrated all of SF Said's novels, as well as books by David Almond and Neil Gaiman. Dave directed a feature film based on one of his picture books with David Almond, which was produced by Jim Henson Studios and starred Rob Brydon. Dave was a concept artist for two Harry Potter films, and also directed The Gospel of Us: a film of a National Theatre Wales play starring Michael Sheen. He lives in Kent with his wife.