The House of Clouds
Publisher: Barrington Stoke
Everything is feeling very upside-down in Tabby’s life right now. Not only has her best friend gone off and found another entirely different best friend, but since her grandad moved in, all her mum’s time seems to be occupied with looking after him. Plus Tabby finds her grandad and his strange stories quite irritating – she’s not a little child anymore, after all. But when one of her beach walks with grandad’s smelly dog Buster leads Tabby to investigate a seemingly abandoned house on the cliff-top, where she sees something quite strange, she begins to wonder whether the story grandad tells her about the ‘House of Clouds’ could possibly be true?
Investigating the House of Clouds further, to try and figure out any truths behind grandad’s stories, Tabby starts looking at the world in a different way, begins to understand her grandad a little better, and learns to navigate her changing friendships (as well as developing important new friendships).
This is a lovely, gentle story about friendship, family and grief, written and printed in a dyslexia friendly format. There is much here for readers to relate to while the ‘cloud-sculpting’ storyline offers a slightly fantastical twist and a touch of mystery.
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What you thought...
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chloe, 05 May 2023
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Brilliant book ! Fell for it. Has so many surprises waiting to explode in there ! Overall an amazing book, very heartwarming .
Starlah, 15 November 2022
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I love this book because I liked how they describe all the characters and where the story was set. I also really liked the idea of how the clouds are formed into shapes.
Joanie :), 03 November 2022
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I love how it starts of so interesting
Taina, 30 September 2022
i think this book is to easy and everything happens quite quick