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Tin Boy

"Powerful and inspiring story to get children thinking about our world"

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Interest Age 8+ Reading Age 8 | September 2019 Book of the Month

Short and, in Barrington Stoke style, accessible to all readers, Tin Boy is a powerful and inspiring story, and one that will get children thinking about the world and their place in it. The hero Tono lives in the Indonesian province of Bangka Belitung and, though he’s only a boy, goes to work to each day, swimming down to mine tin by hand from deep under sea. It’s dangerous work and caught in an accident, he’s lucky to survive. That luck, together with something he finds on the seabed, changes his life.  It’s a gripping story, that both vividly describes Tono’s life and plays with the idea of superheroes in a way that will resonate with all readers. 

Readers who enjoy Tono’s story should also look out for Kick by Mitch Johnson.

Andrea Reece

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