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Rooftoppers
352 pages
A dizzying, moonlit adventure that champions the fierce power of hope and the magic of looking up.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like balancing on a high wire in the moonlight—dizzying, breathless, and utterly magical. It wraps you in an atmosphere of eccentric warmth before launching you into the starlit, soot-stained sky above Paris. The narrative moves at a brisk, adventurous clip, propelled by a fierce, unyielding belief in the impossible. The prose is a delight, sparkling with unusual metaphors and a deep, earnest respect for the resilience of children. It is a story steeped in the ache of longing and the thrill of newfound freedom, perfectly balancing moments of quiet, lyrical beauty with heart-in-your-throat daring. It will thoroughly enchant anyone who loves found families, atmospheric settings, and the triumphant feeling of breaking the rules for all the right reasons.
- Mood
- moonlit
- dizzying
- atmospheric
- hopeful
- Tone
- whimsical
- earnest
- lyrical
- adventurous
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- found family · the power of belief · unconventional childhoods · freedom and rebellion · searching for origins
- The writing
- The prose sparkles with eccentric metaphors, lyrical descriptions, and a profound respect for the emotional intelligence of children.
- The arc
- The journey moves from the cozy, eccentric warmth of a threatened home to a dizzying, breathless leap of faith into the unknown.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave atmospheric, slightly old-fashioned adventures filled with fiercely independent children, found families, and a touch of the extraordinary.
Content notes
- threat of family separation
- orphanhood
- peril involving heights
About the book
When authorities threaten to take Sophie, twelve, from Charles who has been her guardian since she was one and both survived a shipwreck, the pair goes to Paris to try to find Sophie's mother, and they are aided by Matteo and his band of "rooftoppers."
Sophie may have survived a shipwreck as a baby, but her life began when an eccentric but loving bachelor brought her home. When a child services organization threatens to remove Sophie, she and Charles flee to Paris in search of her long-lost mother.
Description from Open Library.
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