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La mattina del suo primo compleanno, una bambina galleggia nella custodia di un violoncello sulle acque della Manica. A raccoglierla è Charles, un eccentrico ma premuroso scapolo inglese, che decide di prendersi cura di lei. Una cura un po' speciale, perché Charles usa i libri come piatti e permette a Sophie di scrivere sui muri. Per questo, quando la ragazzina compie tredici anni, i servizi sociali minacciano di metterla in un istituto. Allora Charles e Sophie fuggono a Parigi in cerca della madre di lei, con un solo indizio in mano: la targhetta sulla custodia del violoncello che l'ha salvata dal naufragio. L'impresa non è affatto semplice, ma Sophie troverà sui tetti di Parigi un aiuto inaspettato. Età di lettura: da 12 anni.
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- Pagine: 283
- Data di uscita: 10-11-2016
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4 1/2 stars. This is pretty close to five stars and I might change my mind yet. Just a beautiful, lyrical and magical book , even though there is no literal magic or fantasy elements. karen pretty much nailed it when she said this was "classic-feeling". This whimsical historical tale has something ti Leggi tutto
just a wonderful, magical, extraordinary book. the kind of classic-feeling book you can put in the hands of a little girl and feel confident that with it, she will grow into a wonderful, magical, extraordinary creature herself. it might work on boys, too, who knows? but right now i am speaking to th Leggi tutto
Take a look at that cover. It is the stuff of dreams and so is this story. It was Charles that found Sophie. On the morning of its first birthday, a baby was found floating in a cello case in the middle of the English Channel.The baby was found wrapped for warmth in the musical score of a Beethoven s Leggi tutto
This story started so well, a 5 star read for the first quarter of the book, after that it really went down hill. A baby is washed up from a shipwreck in cello case and a free thinking batchelor called Charles takes her in and calls her Sophie. We loved the description of their life together and the Leggi tutto
Rooftoppers started out brilliantly; the first chapters were full of whimsy and a sense of randomness that I completely fell in love with. The beginning of the story, which chronicles how our heroine, Sophie, is found as a baby floating in the ocean in a cello case and adopted by the kind-hearted sc Leggi tutto
"They told me that she was dead, and I didn’t believe them. Why did she believe it? Why didn’t she keep looking?" "My darling, because she is an adult." Sophie ducked behind her hair. Her face was hot and tight and angry. "That’s not a reason." "It is, my love. Adults are taugh Leggi tutto
This is a children’s/YA novel. Still, it is so appealing, I would recommend it to anyone. Which means, as an adult reading it, I believe adults would be enchanted by its story, as well. It has also won many awards. In 2014 it won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize (an annual award given to a work Leggi tutto
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