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Tyger

By SF Said
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Winner of the 2023 British Book Award for Children's Fiction Book of the Year & The Week Junior's Children's Book of the Year: Older Fiction!Adam has found something incredible in a rubbish dump in London. A mysterious, mythical, magical animal. A TYGER. And the tyger is... Read More
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Winner of the British Book Award for Children's Fiction Book of the Year 2023...!

The captivating new novel from bestselling author SF Said, now in glorious paperback.

Description

Winner of the 2023 British Book Award for Children's Fiction Book of the Year & The Week Junior's Children's Book of the Year: Older Fiction!

Adam has found something incredible in a rubbish dump in London. A mysterious, mythical, magical animal. A TYGER. And the tyger is in danger.

Adam and his friend Zadie are determined to help, but it isn't just the tyger's life at stake. Their whole world is on the verge of destruction. Can they learn to use their powers before it's too late?

Product Details

INFORMATION

Barcode: 9781788452915

Publisher: David Fickling Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 August 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: David Fickling Books

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Dave McKean

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Length: 22.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 263g

Pages: 304

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About the Author

SF Said's debut novel, Varjak Paw, won the Nestlé Smarties Prize. The sequel, The Outlaw Varjak Paw, won the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. SF's 2013 novel, Phoenix, was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and selected for the 2016 IBBY Honour List. His latest novel, Tyger, won the British Book Award for Children's Fiction Book of the Year 2023 & was The Week Junior's Children's Book of the Year: Older Fiction in 2023. In addition to winning multiple prizes for his own work, SF has judged major UK book awards, including the Costa Book Awards, BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award and Amnesty/CILIP Honour award. He is a dedicated champion of reading for pleasure, and writes passionately about children's books and all things connected to them.

Dave McKean is an illustrator, artist, graphic designer, photographer, filmmaker and musician. He has illustrated all of SF Said's novels, as well as books by David Almond and Neil Gaiman. Dave directed a feature film based on one of his picture books with David Almond, which was produced by Jim Henson Studios and starred Rob Brydon. Dave was a concept artist for two Harry Potter films, and also directed The Gospel of Us: a film of a National Theatre Wales play starring Michael Sheen. He lives in Kent with his wife.

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