Jake's Tower

Author : Elizabeth Laird

Paperback

Published : Thursday 9 February 2017

ISBN : 9781509826711

Price : €8.42

You may also like ...

The Garbage King

by Elizabeth Laird

Paperback

26 Jul 2016

JUVENILE FICTION
>> Action AND Adventure

€8.42

Extended stock - Dispatch 5-7 days

Welcome to Nowhere

by Elizabeth Laird

Paperback

30 Jan 2017

JUVENILE FICTION
>> Social Themes

€9.63

Extended stock - Dispatch 5-7 days

Oranges in No Man's Land

by Elizabeth Laird

Paperback

09 Feb 2016

JUVENILE FICTION
>> Action AND Adventure

€9.63

Extended stock - Dispatch 5-7 days

Song of the Dolphin Boy

by Elizabeth Laird

Paperback

08 Mar 2018

JUVENILE FICTION
>> Science AND Nature

€8.42

Extended stock - Dispatch 5-7 days

Description

Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, Jake's Tower is a powerful and moving novel from award-winning author Elizabeth Laird.

'It's good that I've found this secret place . . . No one can get to to me up there. It's totally safe.' In real life, Jake is never safe. He lives in constant fear of his mother's violent boyfriend. But in his imaginary tower he can dream up his own father - the stranger who gave him a cuddle and a fluffy duck the day he was born and went away for ever. Jake doesn't believe dreams ever come true. But sometimes they do - in strange and surprising ways. Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, Jake's Tower by Elizabeth Laird is a powerful and moving novel that spotlights the issue of domestic abuse.

Reviews