The Tightrope Walkers (Paperback)

from elizabethcfelt

Dominic Hall is growing up in a pebbledashed home in northern England in the post-WWII years. His father, a caulker in the shipyards, is a tough but fair and loving man. After the war, England has changed and opportunity exists for Dominic, who is well-behaved, does well in school, and has a flue...

from eduscapes

THE TIGHTROPE WALKERS by David Almond is the coming-of-age story of a boy torn between two very different friendships in the mid-20th century. While Holly represents artist freedom, Vincent reflects the wild, violent side of life. Based on the memories of the author growing up in northern England...

from fromthecomfychair

"Bliddy" beautiful bildungsroman set in northern England during the 1950s and '60s. Lyrical, poetic story of a boy growing up in the working class family of a ship welder. There is a girl next-door, his best friend, and a half-crazy, half-wild boy the boy is drawn to. This is marketed as a story ...

from msf59

Dominic Hall is a boy, growing up, on the edges of a shipyard, on the northern coast of England. His father, toils in that shipyard and like many of the working class, of that era, ('60s) barely keeps his family afloat. Dominic makes friends with a smart and gifted girl, named Holly and they make...

from Susan.Macura

Dominic Hall is a teen growing up in northern England. He is torn between his attraction to teen artist Holly Stroud who lives next door and bully Vincent McAlinden. The relationships are complex, and so are their lives as they move to a final resolution. I really still can't decide if I enjoyed ...