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Rooftoppers

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Rooftoppers

By: Katherine Rundell
Narrated by: Nicola Barber
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Embrace possibility in this luminous novel 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, she takes matters into her own hands and flees to Paris to look for her mother, starting with the only clue she has - 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.”

©2013 Katherine Rundell (P)2013 Simon & Schuster
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Beautifully written tale unlike anything else I have read or listened to. No wonder Philip Pullman has such high praise.

What a delightfully spun story!

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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.

This is the best book I’ve ever read

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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.

SO GOOD

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

Wonderful book great reader

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

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

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wow this book is amazing I enjoyed it so much and loved the happy ending

WOW

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I was really disappointed in the ending. While they found what they were looking for, nothing was actually solved.

The story itself was good.

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My 12 yo daughter and I listened to this book together and absolutely loved it! The story is clever and engaging and well paced. We also enjoyed the reading—the accents and voices were spot on.

Great story! And well read

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Katherine Rundell’s Rooftoppers is a beautiful, adventurous tale, and Nicola Barber’s narration makes it even more enchanting. Her expressive voice captures Sophie’s determination and the magic of Paris’s rooftops, bringing each character to life. Nicola Barber did the best narration I have ever heard! Love it!

Best narration ever!

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Every sentence in the narration was read with the same cadence, regardless of its emotional impact to the story. Charles's voice was a bit overdone. Language accents were appropriately presented, and the differences in the character's voices was well done.

Reader could have been better.

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