Noah Barleywater runs away
Subtitle: a fairytale
By: by John Boyne ; illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
Contributors: Jeffers, Oliver
Publisher: ISIS
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780753188682
Subjects: Runaway children; Juvenile fiction; Toy stores; Magic
Description: Noah Barleywater left home in the early morning, before the sun rose, before the dogs woke, before the dew stopped falling on the fields. Eight-year-old Noah's problems seem easier to deal with if he doesn't think about them. So he runs away, taking an untrodden path through the forest. Before long he come across a shop. But this is no ordinary shop. It is a toyshop, full of the most amazing toys, and brimming with the most wonderful magic. And here Noah meets a very unusual toymaker. The toymaker has a story to tell, and it's a story of adventure and wonder and broken promises. He takes Noah on a journey - a journey that will change his life. And it could change yours too.
Notes: Standard print ed. originally published: Oxford : David Fickling, 2010.