Wolfstongue - Couverture rigide

Thompson, Sam

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1915071003 ISBN 13 : 9781915071002

Editeur : Little Island Books, 2022

Synopsis

2023 USBBY Outstanding International Books

"As in George Orwell's "Animal Farm," the dynamics of oppression and resistance that play out between animals mirror those between humans." The New York Times
"The best animal adventure since Watership Down" -- The Times (The Times Children's Book of the Week, July 3rd 2021
"Gripping and profound" -- New Statesman
"A hugely original tale" -- The Irish Times
"A thrilling adventure" -- Meg Rosoff, author of How I Live Now

The children's debut by Booker-longlisted author Sam Thompson is an engrossing, thoughtful, beautifully written story about humans and animals, voice and power, neurodiversity and acceptance.

Inspired by his own experience of having a son with speech difficulties, Wolfstongue is Sam Thompson's first novel for children.

Silas is a young boy who is bullied at school because his words will not come. He wishes he could live in silence as animals do. Deep in the Forest, the foxes live in an underground city built by their wolf slaves. The foxes' leader Reynard controls everything with his clever talk. One day, Silas helps an injured wolf. Then he enters the secret world of the Forest, where the last remaining wolves fight to survive. But even there, language is power. Can Silas find his voice in time to help his wolf friends - can he become the Wolfstongue?

A The Times children's book of the week in 2021

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Sam Thompson lives in Belfast, where he teaches English and creative writing at Queens University. His first novel Communion Town was longlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize. Jott was shortlisted for the 2019 Encore Award. His fiction and criticism have appeared in the Times Literary Supplement, London Review of Books, The Tangerine, Still Worlds Turning (No Alibis Press), on BBC Radio 4 and in Best British Short Stories 2019 (Salt Publishing).

Anna Tromop is a Norwegian illustrator. She completed her MA in Children's Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art in 2019.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Little Island Books
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1915071003
• ISBN 13: 9781915071002
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Tromop Anna
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible