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Toby Alone

Series: Toby Alone
Brief Description
A multi-award-winning adventure of heroism, friendship and survival with a powerful ecological message – set in an epic miniature world. Toby Alone introduces readers to Toby Lolness, who is just one and a half millimetres tall and the most wanted person in his world, the Great... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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A multi-award-winning adventure of heroism, friendship and survival with a powerful ecological message – set in an epic miniature world.

Toby Alone introduces readers to Toby Lolness, who is just one and a half millimetres tall and the most wanted person in his world, the Great Oak Tree. When Toby’s father makes a ground-breaking discovery, tapping into the very heart of the Tree’s energy, he also realises that exploiting it could permanently damage their world. Refusing to reveal the secret of his invention to an enraged community, the family is exiled. But one man is determined to get hold of the forbidden knowledge... and his plan is to destroy the Tree.

Now Toby's parents have been imprisoned and sentenced to death. Only Toby has managed to escape, but for how long?

Series: Toby Alone

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529534306

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 April 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Walker Books Ltd

Contributors:

  • Translated by Sarah Ardizzone
  • Illustrated by Francois Place

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 194.0mm

Weight: 260g

Pages: 400

About the Author

Timothée de Fombelle is a much-admired French playwright. Initially working as a teacher/lecturer, he soon turned to writing and in 2006 produced his first novel, Toby Alone, known in his native France as Tobie Lolness. Highly acclaimed, it has been translated into 22 different languages and has won numerous prizes. Toby’s extraordinary story continues in Toby and the Secrets of the Tree.

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