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Toby Alone
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 134 Ratings and 82 Reviews

Book Description
Amazon Best of the Month, March 2009: Who says great characters need to be larger than life? Meet Toby Lolness, a boy who stands one and a half millimeters tall (just smaller than the tip of a pencil). This Lilliputian hero lives in a marvelously vast complex of trunks and branches known as the Tree, an enormous oak inhabited by a tiny civilization. Toby's idyllic childhood is threatened when hi... More
Book Information
PublisherCandlewick Press
BindingHardcover (16 editions)
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of Pages400
ISBN-100763641812
ISBN-13978-0763641818
Publication Date03/24/2009
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About Timothee De Fombelle (Author) : Timothee De Fombelle is a published author of children's books. Published credits of Timothee De Fombelle include Toby Alone.
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About Francois Place (Illustrator) : Francois Place is a published author and an illustrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Francois Place include The Last Giants, War Horse, Piratas (Tras los... more
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About Sarah Ardizzone (Translator) : Sarah Ardizzone is a published translator of children's books. A published credit of Sarah Ardizzone is Toby Alone.
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5/3/2009 laure latham said:
Timothee de Fombelle created an entire world within a tree. The main character, Tobie a tiny 11-year-old boy, is on the run because his father discovered that there might be more to the world than their branches. I read both volumes in French and have no idea how well it was translated in English bu... more

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