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When the Sky Falls: Graphic Novel

Name: When the Sky Falls: Graphic Novel
Brand: HarperCollins New Zealand
SKU: 9781839135620
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By Phil Earle and Fred Fordham

Series: Historical Animal Stories

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A stunning graphic-novel edition of the multi-award-winning story about the incredible friendship between a young boy and a silverback gorilla during the Second World War, inspired by a true story. 1941. War is raging. And Joseph has been sent to live in the city, where bombers... Read More

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When the Sky Falls: Graphic Novel

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When the Sky Falls: Graphic Novel

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A stunning graphic-novel edition of the multi-award-winning story about the incredible friendship between a young boy and a silverback gorilla during the Second World War, inspired by a true story.

1941. War is raging. And Joseph has been sent to live in the city, where bombers rule the skies. There, he will live with Mrs F, a gruff woman with no fondness for children. Her only loves are the rundown zoo she owns and its mighty silverback gorilla, Adonis. As the weeks pass, Joseph and Adonis become friends, but what will happen when the bombers set him rampaging free?

When the Sky Falls: Graphic Novel is the winner of the British Book Award for Children's Fiction Book of the Year.

‘A magnificent story... It deserves every prize going’ Philip Pullman

‘An extraordinary story... Deeply felt, movingly written, a remarkable achievement’ Michael Morpurgo

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When the Sky Falls: Graphic Novel

By Phil Earle and Fred Fordham

Paperback

$30⁹⁹
Elsewhere:
~~$37⁹⁹~~

In Stock

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781839135620

Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 October 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Andersen Press Ltd

Contributors:

Illustrated by Fred Fordham

Audience: General / adult, Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 165.0mm

Height: 208.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

Phil Earle (Author) Born and raised in the north of England, Phil Earle is the author of numerous acclaimed, award-winning books for children and teenagers. He has worked as a carer, a dramatherapist, a bookseller and a publisher, and loves talking at schools and festivals around the world. His novel When The Sky Falls won the Books Are My Bag Readers Award and the British Book Award for Children’s Fiction. He lives on the side of a very steep hill with his wife, their five children and two dogs. Fred Fordham (Author, Illustrator) Fred Fordham has written and illustrated for various publications. This includes adapting and illustrating the graphic novel version of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, adapting F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, again for a graphic novel, and illustrating Philip Pullman’s debut graphic novel The Adventures of John Blake: Mystery of the Ghost Ship.