The Tightrope Walkers
Author:
Publisher:
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure:
HL: High-Low 620L
Description
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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ISBN:
9780763677046
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 4.3, 10 Points
Level 4.3, 10 Points
Lexile measure:
HL: High-Low 620L
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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??4his first and abiding love??4to 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??4and ultimately exult in his triumphs.
Coming of age in the shadow of northern England's shipyards, young Dominic is torn between the extremes of his shipbuilder family's lifestyle, a complex bully to whom he finds himself irresistibly drawn, and the tightrope-walking girl he loves.
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Bullying
Bullying -- Fiction
Electronic books
England
England -- Fiction
England -- Tyneside
Fiction
Love -- Fiction
Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding -- Fiction
Teenagers -- England -- Fiction
Tyneside (England) -- Fiction
Young Adult Fiction
Young Adult Literature
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Electronic books
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England -- Fiction
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Love -- Fiction
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The Tightrope Walkers
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The tightrope walkers / David Almond
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The Tightrope Walkers
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Bullying
Love
Shipbuilding
Teenagers
Young Adult Fiction
Young Adult Literature
Bullying
Love
Shipbuilding
Teenagers
Young Adult Fiction
Young Adult Literature
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