Boy in the Tower

'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.'From the seventeenth floor of the tower block where he lives with his mother, Ade watches as the buildings fall around him. The Bluchers - a strange and terrible kind of plant - are taking over the city, and everyone is being forced to evacuate, but his mother is refusing to leave her room. And so Ade watches alone as the city slowly empties, and the Bluchers creep ever closer.This book sounds like a straightforward science-fiction tale, in which Day of the Triffids style plants consume buildings and cast out deadly spores. In fact, it reads more like a fable about friendship, loyalty and bravery, beautifully told in the voice of a lonely young boy struggling to make sense of all that is going on around him - from the extraordinary events he sees from his window, to his mother's illness. Taking place in a believable urban, multicultural environment that will be familiar to many young readers, Polly Ho-Yen's debut is an impressively moving and thought-provoking story that will touch children and adults alike. Shortlisted For The Blue Peter Book Award 2015 Longlisted For The Branford Boase Award 2015 Shortlisted For The Redbridge Award 2015 Runner Up Teach Primary New Children's Fiction Award 2015 Booktrust Pick 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. 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. 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. Except It Isn't Any More. Strange Plants Have Started To Take Over And Tower Blocks Are Falling Down Around Them. Now Ade And His Mum Are Trapped And There's No Way Out . . . 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. 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. His mum doesn't really like looking outside - but it's going outside that she hates. She's happier sleeping all day inside their tower, where it's safe. But one day, other tower blocks on the estate start falling down around them and strange, menacing plants begin to appear. Now their tower isn't safe anymore. Ade and his mum are trapped and there's no way out . . . 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. 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. But one day, other tower blocks start falling down around him. Strange, menacing plants begin to appear and no one knows where they came from. Now their tower isn't safe anymore. Ade and his mum are trapped and there's no way out.