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Gr 9 Up—Dominic Hall is the son of a shipbuilder, living in modest conditions in mid-20th century England. As he grows up, he finds himself torn between two influences—the dreamy intellectual artist girl next door and the brutal outcast boy who seems to cultivate a darker side of Dominic's nature. His coming-of-age is marked by the ramifications of his choices between the two. The Tightrope Walkers is a tour de force. Almond's gifted prose sets readers fir...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Dom is a clever, working-class boy from the north of England, beloved of his teachers, the hope of his parents. It's the early 1960s, an optimistic period in British education, when the son of a shipbuilder could plausibly end up at Oxford. We follow Dom from ages five to seventeen as he forges his own values; succumbs to the lure of Vincent, the troubled, violent neighborhood thug; falls in love with his childhood pal Holly; and discovers himself as a writer. In all these area...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

This brilliant novel follows Dom, a working-class boy in 1960s northern England, from ages five to seventeen. Dom forges his...Log In or Sign Up to Read More