The tightrope walkers

David Almond

Original title: The Tightrope Walkers

earliest edition we have, 2014 Candlewick Press, 2016 336 pages

A gentle visionary coming of age in the shadow of the shipyards of northern England, Dominic Hall is torn between extremes. On the one hand, he craves the freedom he feels when he steals away with the eccentric girl artist next door, Holly Stroud -- his first and abiding love -- to balance above the earth on a makeshift tightrope. With Holly, Dom dreams of a life different in every way from his shipbuilder dad's, a l...

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Editions we hold

Tightrope Walkers, The audiobook · 2016 · Candlewick on Brilliance Audio · 9781531863265
The Tightrope Walkers paperback · 2016 · Candlewick · 336 pages · 9780763691042
Tightrope Walkers edition · 2016 · Candlewick Press · 336 pages · 9781484498347
The tightrope walkers edition · 2015 · Candlewick Press · 326 pages · 9780763673109
Tightrope Walkers edition · 2015 · Candlewick Press · 336 pages · 9780763677046
Tightrope Walkers edition · 2015 · Candlewick Press · 9780763686314
Tightrope Walkers edition · 2014 · Penguin Books, Limited · 288 pages · 9780241003237
Tightrope Walkers edition · 2014 · Penguin Books, Limited · 9780241967904

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