"Steeped in the natural history of Mary Anning's Jurassic Coast, a powerful dual-timeline story about friendship, mental health and hidden stories"
February 2023 Book of the Month
Set in two time frame linked through two girls from one family, this is an ambitious and exciting novel that movingly explores friendships and family ties against a background of mental health issues.
Contemporary Rosie seems like any other teenager until she suddenly and inexplicably goes missing. When she is found and brought home to safety she remains obsessed with invisible tigers who seem to prowl through her mind.
Sensitively and gently her friends, led by Jude, give her time and space to calm her fears. Unexpectedly inheriting a house from her grandmother brings Rosie a place of safety and also links her to Emma, a nineteenth century relative who had to abandon her scientific dreams to care for her brother James who, like Rosie, became obsessed with a tiger – this time in a museum.
Both Rosie and James need understanding and love and Hannah Foley explores how that is given by their friends with great sensitivity.
After she falls ill, Rosie discovers family secrets buried like layers of fossils in the cliffs. On her journey to recovery she must sift the past to find the answers, like the palaeontologist Mary Anning on the Jurassic Coast before her.
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After she falls ill, Rosie discovers family secrets buried like layers of fossils in the cliffs. On her journey to recovery she must sift the past to find the answers, like the palaeontologist Mary Anning on the Jurassic Coast before her. 1884.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Tiger Who Sleeps Under My Chair and determined it is suitable for children aged 11-14 years old
The Tiger Who Sleeps Under My Chair features in the following genres: Animal Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Books of the Month, Recommendations, Featured Books for 13+ readers, Historical Fiction, Julia Eccleshare's Picks of the Month, Stories about Family and Friends, Featured Books for 11+ readers
Paperback. £8.09, down from the £8.99 cover price. In Stock.
The Tiger Who Sleeps Under My Chair was written by Hannah Foley and published by Head of Zeus
The Tiger Who Sleeps Under My Chair has 310 pages
£8.09, reduced from £8.99. In Stock.
