Feather Boy (Blue Peter Book Awards Winner)
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Collins Number of pages: 288 Language: English (Original Language) Language: English (Unknown) |
Robert's participation in the Elders Project begins a sequence of events that change his life forever. Selected members of his class are chosen to visit the elderly residents of Mayfield Rest Home--to interact with them, to find out about their lives and to "counter ignorant attitudes about such senior members of society". Robert's main attacker, Jonathan Niker, may think them all "vegetables", but Robert's own buried true-life personality is slowly unearthed by Edith Sorrel--a prickly resident who singles him out as her boy to talk to. Edith is considered quite mad, haunted by the unhappy memories of a past incident involving her old home, Chance House. Her son died there under tragic circumstances that Robert compulsively needs to find out about and examine. Yet Edith is a fascinating enigma. Clearly very ill, she confides all sorts about her life in Robert yet denies the existence of her doting husband at her bedside. As Edith's condition deteriorates and the Elders Project heads towards its conclusion, Robert is drawn deeper and deeper into her story. His visits to the derelict Chance House become more frequent, and one fateful trip to sleep there overnight as a dare with Niker heralds the first step on Robert's own journey to finding out about his real self. Nicky Singer's Feather Boy is more than just a story about bullying. It's bigger than that. It's about finding your voice, shouting from the rooftops about something you believe in, refusing to back down, helping a friend and never giving up. It's enormously uplifting, accomplished and satisfying. (Age 10 and over) --John McLay
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
It is a rare writing debutant indeed that launches her first novel for children so conclusively and emphatically into the "must-read" books-of-the-year category. Feather Boy charts the first, truly character-defining sequence of events in Robert Nobel's short life so far. He is often the butt of classroom jokes and pranks--and being called Norbert No-bottle all the time isn't much fun either. He secretly wants to be somebody. To have a voice. To have friends.
Feather Boy - 'the best book I ever read!'
Review date: 2008-05-15 Rating: 10 out of 10
I read a book and it was called Feather Boy. It was great and I really liked it. It was about a boy called Robert, a lady called Ms Sorrel and a bully called Niker. Robert is always being picked on by Niker, and they go to a place called Chance House, which some say is the place where a boy jumped to his death out of the top window. I would recommend the book to 8-15 year olds.
Reviews
T.Winter (age 8)
Review date: 2008-05-13 Rating: 10 out of 10
I really enjoyed this book. I loved every single moment of it. The people who put bad reviews are crazy! There is a boy called Robert but everyone calls him Norber-no bottle because he is the class dummy! Niker is his arch enemy and the class favourite. The story is about Norbert being bullied by Niker and his gang and how he escaped Niker by getting to know Mrs Sorrel and her asking him to go to Chance house and make a coat.
Some parts of it are quite emotional when Robert is being bullied. I would definitely recommend it to someone over 8.
feather boy review
Review date: 2008-04-29 Rating: 6 out of 10
Feather boy book is about a boy named Robert and a bully named niker.Niker always bullys Robert and call's him Norbet.Robert volunteered to go to a nursing home to work with the elderly person called mrs sorrel. Mrs sorrel askeds robert to make her a coat of feathers. By the time robert makes her a coat of feathers,she became very ill and has cancer. Robert puts the coat on her with Emest's help (Mrs Sorrels ex-huspand)and when she wakes up.She starts singing and then suddenly dies.
I think this book is suitable for over 8year olds because there are some rude words in it.I also think it would be more interesting for a boy.I would rate it a 3.5 out of 5.
feather boy review
Review date: 2008-04-27 Rating: 8 out of 10
Robert Nobel is the class bullies punching bag, he is always getting picked on a boy called Jonathon Niker. One day, Robert gets chosen to go on a school project, there he meets a strange elderly lady called Edith Sorrel. She sends Robert on a quest to make a firebird coat. This book is about friendship and self-discovery. I give this book a 4 star rating and I would recommend it to children 8 years and over.
a review by amy aged 12 feather boy
Review date: 2006-01-02 Rating: 8 out of 10
this is a good book. i ve been reading it and sometimes it is so deep. you don t know what will happen next and crazy Edith makes it exciting!!!! it may not be suitable for younger peepz as my cousin read it and he was scared. i think it is great and it brings out a mixture of emotions. i would definately recommend this book.
Product Details/Specifications
Authors:
Nicky Singer
Recording label: Collins
Manufacturer: Collins
EAN: 9780007120260
Binding: Paperback
Dewey decimal number: 823.914
ISBN: 0007120265
Number of pages: 288
Publication date: 2002-01-01
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: English (Unknown)
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