The Boy in the Tower
(24 reviews with an average rating of 5 out of 5)
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's
'When they first arrived, they came quietly and stealthily as if they tip-toed into the world when we were all looking the other way.'
From the seventeenth floor of the tower block where he lives with his mother, Ade watches as the buildings fall around him. The Bluchers - a strange and terrible kind of plant - are taking over the city, and everyone is being forced to evacuate, but his mother is refusing to leave her room. And so Ade watches alone as the city slowly empties, and the Bluchers creep ever closer.
This book sounds like a straightforward science-fiction tale, in which Day of the Triffids style plants consume buildings and cast out deadly spores. In fact, it reads more like a fable about friendship, loyalty and bravery, beautifully told in the voice of a lonely young boy struggling to make sense of all that is going on around him - from the extraordinary events he sees from his window, to his mother's illness. Taking place in a believable urban, multicultural environment that will be familiar to many young readers, Polly Ho-Yen's debut is an impressively moving and thought-provoking story that will touch children and adults alike.
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What you thought...
Average rating:
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Anonymous, 15 June 2023
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I love this book its so good!😃
H, 14 October 2022
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I love this book
Boitumelo, 15 August 2022
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amazing spectacular magnifisent
r, 19 October 2021
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This book is amazing! If you want a book with a lot of cliffs hangers this one is great. it makes you have a bunch of questions about what's going to happen. Or you can just read on if you want :)
Brilliant, 02 April 2021
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it is an amazing book it is so fun
chloe, 04 February 2021
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I thought it was brilliant and it left me wondering until the last page
Katy, 05 November 2020
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very good
james, 03 December 2019
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BRILIANT!!!!!! I recommend it.
james, 29 March 2019
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its cool
Anonymous, 27 February 2019
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totally amazeballs
Elsie, 27 February 2019
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very good made me cry ;(
harry, 24 February 2017
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It is awesome 👏 you must read it it is about a boy that lives in a tower............................
Five star rating, 23 February 2017
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personally, it was boring
Alex, 21 January 2017
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This book is totally amazing, I am reading it at the moment and I love it. It is mysterious and exciting, even if you found out one thing you always need to know more 😁😄. It is also very scary and deep (it makes you think a lot)
Yousra, 18 January 2017
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This is a really good book once you get into it but it didn't pull me in at first. A little complicated.
Elena, 17 December 2016
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Well my school teacher is reading it in class and it's really good because it's got a lot of information and it's really deatailed as well. My class is at the bit when the blutchers come and ade,obey,dory and the other boy from the flashlight. When they are having dinner and ade stops at Dory door my opinion of the book is brilliant and spectacular you have done a really good job on the book and a lot of effort
4/5, 18 November 2016
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Boy In The Tower by Polly Ho-Yen has taken me an age to read and left me slightly disappointed. The characters and their back stories are cleverly woven together and the sci-fi theme is handled very convincingly and yet it didn't have me hooked and desperate to read more. If you are recommending books to children who like an action-packed page-turner then this isn't for them, however, those with a love of meaty first person narrative will settle into it well enough.
Chloe, 30 October 2016
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This book was very good. It had a lot of suspense and was a story of hope and bravery and strength. I enjoyed it very much!
Jack, 06 September 2016
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Interesting but a bit complicated
bob, 26 February 2016
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Really interesting! Would be terrified if I was in Abe's position!
sparklingdiamond, 13 January 2016
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This book is amazing and adventurous, it has lots of high vocabulary and also lots of tension which made the book even better. I recommend this book to all book-lovers or even anyone who wants to read an adventure book, I think this is the right book to choose.
Rania, 29 December 2015
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I liked this book because it was very interesting to me like its an adventure for them to evacuate .... Thank you very much for writing this i'd love to read more
Aaron, 30 August 2015
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I reviewed this book on my mum's blog here. I'd love you to read it. This was a FABULOUS book! http://raisingmightygirls.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/rachel-age-10-reviewsthe-boy-in-tower.html
Rachel, 21 January 2015
It was a FANTASTIC BOOK 📖!! I really enjoy and appreciate this book 😊🙂