The Thing About Giants
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The Thing About Giants
Skandar meets The BFG in this powerful, cinematic middle grade debut, combining folklore, fantasy and adventure.
In the city of Fathach, giant hunters are equivalent to local heroes. The city’s walls are built from giants’ bones, and the townsfolk rely on their elite hunters to keep them not only prosperous, but safe. As everybody knows, giants are wild, violent, senseless creatures … aren’t they?
Twelve-year-old Jacq Dyer is the daughter of two renowned hunters – although she’s never wanted to follow in their footsteps. When she finds herself lost and injured in the wilderness outside the city walls, she comes face to face with Corman, a young giant.
Could everything she's ever been told be a lie, and might there be a way to bring their two worlds together?
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781529538472
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 September 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Walker Books Ltd
Illustration: Map and chapter heads
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 352
About the Author
Christopher Galvin is an Irish author based in Dublin. A passion for film and TV led him to study scriptwriting, acting and directing, with several of his short films being presented in festivals around the world. Earlier drafts of The Thing About Giants were shortlisted for the WriteMentor Children’s Novel Award and the Guppy Middle Grade Open Submission Competition. Chris currently works in television as a presentation editor. This is his first novel for young people.
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