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Almond, David

The Tightrope Walkers

326 pp. | Candlewick | March, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-7310-9 $17.99
(1) YA This brilliant novel follows Dom, a working-class boy in 1960s northern England, from ages five to seventeen. Dom forges his own values; succumbs to the lure of thug Vincent; falls in love with childhood pal Holly; discovers himself as a writer; and learns to walk a tightrope both literal and figurative. It's all unsettling emotion as Almond limns the nature of joy and rage.
Reviewer: Sarah Ellis | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2015

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