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Tall Story


No. of pages 304

Published: 2016

Great for age 9-12 years

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Be careful what you wish for . . . Andi is short. And she has lots of wishes. She wishes she could play on the school basketball team, she wishes for her own bedroom, but most of all she wishes that her long lost half brother, Bernardo, could come and live in London, where he belongs.Then Andi's biggest wish comes true and she's minutes away from becoming someone's little sister. As she waits anxiously for Bernardo to arrive from the Philippines, she hopes he'll turn out to be tall and just as mad as she is about basketball. When he finally arrives, he's tall all right. But he's not just tall ... he's a GIANT. In a novel packed with humour and quirkiness, Gourlay explores a touching sibling relationship and the clash of two very different cultures.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.

There are 304 pages in this book. This book was published in 2016 by Penguin Random House Children's UK .

Candy Gourlay was born in Manila during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos; after working as a journalist for some years, she moved to the UK in her twenties. Candy is now a full-time writer across a range of medium; short stories, blogs, websites, journalistic features and radio programmes. TALL STORY is Candy's first full-length published novel.

 

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Waterstones Children's Book Prize
This book was recognised by the Waterstones Children's Book Prize Award. The Waterstones Children's Book Prize is an annual award given to a work of children's literature published during the previous year. First awarded in 2005, the purpose of the prize is to uncover hidden talent in children's writing" and is therefore open only to authors who have published no more than three books."

Blue Peter Book Award - Favourite Stories
This book was recognised in the Favourite Stories category by the Blue Peter Book Award. The Blue Peter Book Awards are a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme Blue Peter. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999. The Awards have been managed by reading charity, Booktrust, since 2006.

"Gourlay spins slender threads of wishes and prayers, magic and miracles, desires and redemption and weaves together an impressively sweet and rich tale" * Kirkus *

 

"I enjoyed Candy Gourlay's Tall Story" * Observer *

 

"This is a story that is funny, sad and magical. I thought the author chose a good subject to write about because she wrote about very real emotions. She also added a bit of imagination which made it very interesting. The main characters tell the story in alternate chapters. I would recommend this book - pure brilliant!" * Teen Titles *