Tall Story

1st American Edition

Hardback (08 Feb 2011)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Andi is short. And she has lots of wishes. She wishes she could play on the school basketball team, she wishes for her own bedroom, but most of all she wishes that her long-lost half-brother, Bernardo, could come and live in London where he belongs.

Then Andi's biggest wish comes true and she's minutes away from becoming someone's little sister. As she waits anxiously for Bernardo to arrive from the Philippines, she hopes he'll turn out to be tall and just as crazy as she is about basketball. When he finally arrives, he's tall all right. Eight feet tall , in fact-plagued by condition called Gigantism and troubled by secrets that he believes led to his phenomenal growth.

In a novel packed with quirkiness and humor, Gourlay explores a touching sibling relationship and the clash of two very different cultures.

Book information

ISBN: 9780385752176
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Imprint: David Fickling Books
Pub date:
Edition: 1st American Edition
DEWEY: [Fic]
DEWEY edition: 22
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 318g
Height: 185mm
Width: 134mm
Spine width: 27mm