Rooftoppers: 10th Anniversary Edition

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total dismissal of the numerous wide Paris boulevards that make rooftop crossing an unlikely proposition over long distances, like from Notre Dame to Gare du Nord

She knows how to read, and how to draw. She knows the difference between a tortoise and a turtle. She knows one tree from another, and how to climb them. Only this morning she was telling me what is the collective noun for toads."numerous descriptions of the Paris skyline from the rooftops, yet not a single mention of Tour Eiffel and Sacre Coeur, the two landmarks that are visible from any high point in the city. The plot follows the two as they flee the authorities to France to search for Sophie's lost mother. Sophie discovers a secret world on the roofs of Paris where dirty, poor, clever "rooftopper" children run free from the watchful eyes on the streets. I thought this was a very original story and it was quite fast paced. I very much enjoyed it and the dialogue, particularly when Charles was speaking, was very entertaining. I became completely lost in the story and the descriptions of Paris at night made me really want to go and explore Paris by moonlight.

Auf "Mitten im Dschungel" war ich schon sehr gespannt, da ich Survivalszenarien schon immer sehr gern gemocht habe. Hier habe ich mir eine Geschichte voller Abenteuer gewünscht und diese auch bekommen, sodass mir das Buch gut gefallen hat. Oh. and one more thing. I didn't like the ending. I suppose they wanted us to still feel the mystery, but I felt it was frustrating to feel like the answer to the mystery was RIGHT THERE and they wouldn't tell us. Annoying. The setting moves between the rooftops of London and Paris as our charming pair of criminals run from the authorities who wish to take Sophie away. Behind this, though, is the search for Sophie's mother and all they have to lead the way is the cello and it's music.They told me that she was dead, and I didn’t believe them. Why did she believe it? Why didn’t she keep looking?" Finally, it's absolutely unbelievable. Yet another reason it bothered me but probably won't bother elementary readers.

The beauty of sky, music, and the belief in ‘extraordinary things’ triumph in this whimsical and magical tale” ( Publishers Weekly) about a girl in search of her past who discovers a secret rooftop world in Paris. Contia es una niña pija, solitaria y altiva, acostumbrada a arreglárselas sola pero rodeada de comodidades. Ahora deberá ampliar sus horizontes, ver más allá de su ambiente conocido.My main complaint is that the ending was rather abrupt and didn't exactly fit the flow of the story. Also at one point Charles tells Sophie that keeping secrets from him is okay (idk exactly what he means by that) which isn't exactly something you'd want your kid doing so..... Other than that, I loved the whimsical feeling to the story and the children who live on rooftops (especially Matteo who was so cute 🥰) Charles drinks whiskey and offers some to Sophie (she takes a sip but doesn't like it). Sophie mentions previously trying alcohol. stars. This is pretty close to five stars and I might change my mind yet. Just a beautiful, lyrical and magical book, even though there is no literal magic or fantasy elements. I think it takes a certain kind of writer who can make the ordinary seem extraordinary with a few sentences and capture your imagination and encourage you, if only for a little while, to see the world in a slightly different way than you’d normally do. And Ms Rundell’s definitely that kind of writer. I meant, she knows the things which are important. Not all of them, of course; she is still a child. But many."

Birch, Joseph (19 May 2016). "Moscow's Daredevil Urban Roofers Fall Under the System's Watch". The Moscow Times . Retrieved 2020-07-14. On the morning of its first birthday, a baby was found floating in a cello case in the middle of the English Channel. Sophie, whose only possession is the cello box she was found drifting in, lives for 12 happy years in Charles' household, homeschooled in the most unconventional ways, allowed to ask any question she likes, read whatever she takes a fancy to and climb any tree or rooftop in sight. Their iddylic existence is put in danger when social services decide this is no way to raise a proper lady.Rooftoppers, by Katherine Rundell, set in the 19th century, begins after the sinking of a transatlantic ocean liner. A baby girl is found floating alone in a cello case. A man pulls her from the water. He is Charles Maxim, an eccentric scholar, who adopts the girl and names her Sophie. Precocious Sophie grows up in London as Charles's ward. She enters her adolescence polite, good-hearted, bookish and as eccentric as Charles. She spends her time reading books, climbing trees, and wearing outlandish clothing. Sophie and Charles seem perfectly united, but they diverge on one big issue: Sophie's mother. Charles believes that she was a passenger on the ship who died during its sinking. Sophie, however, is determined that not only did her mother not die, but she was a cellist in the ship's orchestra. Sophie pines for her mother, and determines to find her one day, even in the face of Charles's (and the world's) insistence that she is not alive and thus, cannot be found. I think kids might appreciate the use of language, whereas I found some of it a bit kitschy. There were descriptions and even minor plot elements that chose quirky aesthetic sweetness over actual usefulness. A Chelsea bun that tastes like blue skies? It's a lovely sentence, but I'm no closer to knowing what that bun tastes like. And having a suit where a heart should be? It's been done - in fact, I'm pretty sure Meg Ryan says something very similar in You've Got Mail. But for young readers/writers just learning to wrangle words into a particular voice, this kind of language can be engaging and open up new possibilities. How CAWPILE didn't come out as five stars I don't know. This book isn't perfect but it's pretty damn close! Jen gave me this lovely book for Christmas, and it was the perfect way to start off the reading year. You're likely to hear the 'timeless children's book' descriptor a lot, and with good reason. It's timeless in the sense that it's a non-specified date in the past (early 1900s? Later 1800s?) when women were not cellists and were not supposed to wear trousers, but when it also feels perfectly right for a delightful man like Charles to rescue a baby, take her home and raise her, without bothering either of them with stupid things like school. It's also timeless in that same way because it could be a Noel Streatfield if he got in a Nanny to help out. Jamie Doward (26 February 2017). "The lure of tall buildings: A guide to the risky but lucrative world of 'rooftoppers' ". The Guardian . Retrieved 3 October 2018.