Toby Alone: Timothee De Fombelle

Toby Alone: Timothee De Fombelle

by Francois Place (Illustrator), Francois Place (Illustrator), Francois Place (Illustrator), Sarah Ardizzone (Translator), Timothée de Fombelle (Author)

Synopsis

An awards-laden adventure of heroism, friendship and survival - with a powerful ecological message - set in a captivating miniature world. Toby Lolness is just one and a half millimetres tall, and he's the most wanted person in his world, the Great Oak Tree. When Toby's father makes a ground-breaking discovery, tapping into the very heart of the Tree's energy, he also realizes that exploiting it could permanently damage their world. Refusing to reveal the secret of his invention to an enraged community, the family is exiled. But one man is determined to get hold of the forbidden knowledge ...and his plan is to destroy the Tree. Now Toby's parents have been imprisoned and sentenced to death. Only Toby has managed to escape, but for how long?

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Edition: 1
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Published: 01 Jun 2009

ISBN 10: 1406307262
ISBN 13: 9781406307269
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years

Author Bio
Timothee de Fombelle is a much-admired French playwright. Initially working as a teacher/lecturer, he soon turned to writing and in 2006 produced his first novel, Toby Alone, known in his native France as Tobie Lolness. Highly acclaimed, it has been translated into 22 different languages and has won numerous prizes. Toby's extraordinary story continues in Toby and the Secrets of the Tree, to be published in 2009.