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Lilliput

Author: Sam Gayton  

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The brand-new novel from exciting new voice, Sam Gayton. About a very small girl, desperate to find her way home . . .

Inspired by Gulliver’s Travels, Lilliput is an exhilarating adventure filled with cunning escape plans, evil clockmakers and very talkative parrots. Join Lily as she travels over rooftops, down chimneys and into chocolate shops on a journey to find the one place in the world where she belongs . .

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The brand-new novel from exciting new voice, Sam Gayton. About a very small girl, desperate to find her way home . . .

Inspired by Gulliver’s Travels, Lilliput is an exhilarating adventure filled with cunning escape plans, evil clockmakers and very talkative parrots. Join Lily as she travels over rooftops, down chimneys and into chocolate shops on a journey to find the one place in the world where she belongs . .

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Inspired by Gulliver?s Travels, Lilliput is an exhilarating adventure filled with cunning escape plans, evil clockmakers and very talkative parrots. Join Lily as she travels over rooftops, down chimneys and into chocolate shops on a journey to find the one place in the world where she belongs . . . Home.'An undertaking of which Swift himself would have approved' Irish Times'Spirited and clever tribute to the original' Daily Mail

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Awards

Long-listed for UKLA Book Award (UK).

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Critic Reviews

"Spirited and clever tribute to the original" -- Sally Morris Daily Mail
"Unlimited storytelling inventiveness . . . Swift himself would have approved." -- Robert Dunbar Irish Times
"Sam Gayton brings a lively cast — including a boy rescuer, a chatty parrot and a kind chocolate-shop owner — to the appealing scenario of a tiny person in a giant world." -- Nicolette Jones Sunday Times
"Lovely old-fashioned storytelling… this beautifully illustrated book will appeal widely" -- Louise Haines Guardian
"Exuberant and imaginative use of language, page-turningly exciting... A very covetable book." Reading Zone

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About the Author

Sam Gayton lives in South London.In 2009 he completed the Writing for Young People MA at Bath Spa University. His first book is The Snow Merchant. He loves American novels, Italian food and the English countryside. When he's not writing, he likes playing old board games, strumming his guitar and joining as many rock bands as possible (currently at seven).

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Product Details

Publisher
Andersen Press Ltd
Published
6th March 2014
Pages
288
ISBN
9781849397483

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