Rooftoppers

De: Katherine Rundell

Narrado por: Nicola Barber

“The beauty of sky, music, and the belief in ‘extraordinary things’ triumph in this whimsical and magical tale” (Publishers Weekly) about a girl in search of her past who discovers a secret rooftop world in Paris.

Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. True, there were no other recorded female survivors from the shipwreck that left baby Sophie floating in the English Channel in a cello case, but Sophie remembers seeing her mother wave for help. Her guardian tells her it is almost impossible that her mother is still alive—but “almost impossible” means “still possible.” And you should never ignore a possible.

So when the Welfare Agency writes to her guardian, threatening to send Sophie to an orphanage, they takes matters into their own hands and flee to Paris to look for Sophie’s mother, starting with the only clue they have—the address of the cello maker.

Evading the French authorities, she meets Matteo and his network of rooftoppers—urchins who live in the hidden spaces above the city. Together they scour the city in a search for Sophie’s mother—but can they find her before Sophie is caught and sent back to London? Or, more importantly, before she loses hope?

Phillip Pullman, author of the His Dark Materials series, calls Rooftoppers “the work of a writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination.”

This is the best book I’ve ever read

This book holds a very special place in my heart. I can’t explain it… It is just perfect. Rooftoppers teaches you to look up and find a whole new world just out of reach. It made me believe in magic the first time I read it, and feels like glittering Moonlight every time I revisit it. This is what a book should be: wildly imaginative, deeply touching and surprisingly romantic.

What a delightfully spun story!

Beautifully written tale unlike anything else I have read or listened to. No wonder Philip Pullman has such high praise.

SO GOOD

I love this book so much, it has a great story, but the reader is stellar. I can’t count how many times I’ve listened to it.

Wonderful book great reader

This book is fabulous. Unusual plot, wonderful characters and settings, and almost perfect narration. Thank you

I love 💗 how the story has a feminine girl 👧🏼

I realize the mother hunting has not considered children who live with their fathers or grandparents etc