LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
Tomek’s Journey is a huge bestseller in France and it’s easy to see why.
Young Tomek is a shopkeeper in a quiet little town when he falls head over heels in love and sets out on an extraordinary adventure to find a girl he’s met only once, and whose name he doesn’t know.
In the tradition of the best fairy stories, his search for the girl, who in turn is seeking the legendary River Qjar, rumoured to bestow immortality, brings him new challenges but new friends too. He must travel through a magical forest filled with savage, enormous bears, cross the sea to the Island-That-Isn’t and on still further. There’s much danger, but our overall sense is that Tomek’s innocence and good nature will keep him safe. The tone of this book is unlike anything else in the children’s book world now.
It’s philosophical, profound, yet playful too, and Tomek’s journey is truly eye-opening.
Andrea Reece
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The Upside Down River: Tomek's Journey Synopsis
Tomek lives a quiet life running his late parents' village store, which has everything you could ever need, and more. Then one day a girl visits. She asks Tomek if he sells something he's never heard of before: a drop of water from the magical River Qjar, which flows back to front and upside down. When he admits he has none, she slips away.
Tomek is desperate to follow the mysterious girl, and so he sets out on an incredible adventure. To find the upside down river, he must journey through strange and wondrous places: the Forest of Oblivion where monstrous bears roam, a meadow of deadly scented flowers, a long-hidden island cursed by a witch, and beyond.
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9781839131981 |
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7th April 2022 |
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Jean-Claude Mourlevat |
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Andersen Press Ltd |
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Paperback |
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162 pages |
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Upside Down River |
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About Jean-Claude Mourlevat
Jean-Claude Mourlevat was born in Ambert, France. He taught German for five years before deciding to study drama. He wrote and directed burlesque shows for adults and children, which were performed for more than ten years in France and abroad. He started writing in 1996 and his stories were published the same year. He first wrote short texts, which were illustrated and became children’s books. He lives in a house overhanging the river Loire, near St Etienne with his wife and two children.
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