Boy In The Tower

<p><strong>SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD 2015</strong><br /><strong>LONGLISTED FOR THE BRANFORD BOASE AWARD 2015</strong><br /><strong>SHORTLISTED FOR THE REDBRIDGE AWARD 2015</strong><br /><strong>RUNNER UP TEACH PRIMARY NEW CHILDREN'S FICTION AWARD 2015</strong><br /><strong>BOOKTRUST PICK</strong></p> <p><em>When they first arrived, they came quietly and stealthily as if they tip-toed into the world when we were all looking the other way.<br /><br /> </em>Ade loves living at the top of a tower block. From his window, he feels like he can see the whole world stretching out beneath him.<br /><br /> His mum doesn't really like looking outside - but it's going outside that she hates. She prefers to sleep all day inside their tower, where it's safe.<br /><br /> Except it isn't any more. Strange plants have started to take over and tower blocks are falling down around them.<br />Now Ade and his mum are trapped and there's no way out . . .</p>