Toby Alone

By Fombelle, Timothée de

Publishers Summary:
This book presents an awards-laden adventure of heroism, friendship and survival - with a powerful ecological message - set in a captivating miniature world. Toby Lolness is just one and a half millimetres tall, and he's the most wanted person in his world, the great oak Tree. When Toby's father makes a ground-breaking discovery, tapping into the very heart of the Tree's energy, he also realises that exploiting it could do permanent damage to their world. Refusing to reveal the secret of his invention to an enraged community, the family is exiled. But one man is determined to get hold of the forbidden knowledge...and his plan is to destroy the Tree. Now Toby's parents have been imprisoned and sentenced to death. Only Toby has managed to escape, but for how long?

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ISBN
978-0-76364-181-8
Publisher
Candlewick


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on May 1, 2009

Gr 4-8 Toby Lolness, 13, is a mere 1.5 millimeters tall but he has a big heart, big dreams, and is in really big trouble. After his scientist father discovers that the oak tree on which their people live is actually alive and in danger because of the destructive digging and building Joe Mitch and the Neighborhood Committee have been engaged in, Toby and his...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on May 1, 2009

The world of the Tree is populated by a society of miniature people. The equilibrium of their agrarian, pre-technological world is threatened when a gangland boss/evil property developer grabs power and maintains it using an army of thugs. Sim Lolness, a brilliant scientist and free-thinker, questions authority and is put under sen...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2009

The world of the Tree, a society of miniature people, is threatened when a gangland boss/evil property developer grabs power. ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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