Books by Polly Ho-Yen

For fans of Black Mirror and The Handmaid's Tale, in Dark Lullaby a mother desperately tries to keep her family together in a society where parenting standards are strictly monitored.

An out-of-this-world middle-grade adventure about finding friendship in the most unlikely of places.

Book Band: Brown - Ideal for ages 7+Thought-provoking contemporary fantasy from best-selling author Polly Ho-Yen.Mae spends a lot of time in hospitals. She's had asthma since she was little and sometimes she just can't breathe. She was in hospital the very first time she saw the hole - a tear in the universe which seems to appear only to her.Before she knows it she is drawn into a parallel world, where things aren't quite the same...This powerful fantasy story is full of big ideas and a great way to talk about chronic illness with children. It has beautiful black-and-white illustrations from Patricia Hu throughout, and is ideal for children who are developing as readers. The Bloomsbury Readers series is packed with book-banded stories to get children reading independently in Key Stage 2 by award-winning authors like double Carnegie Medal winner Geraldine McCaughrean and Waterstones Prize winner Patrice Lawrence. With engaging illustrations and online guided reading notes written by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE), this series is ideal for home and school. For more information visit www.bloomsburyreaders.com.'Any list that brings together such a quality line up of authors is going to be welcomed . Bloomsbury Readers are aimed squarely at children in Key Stage 2 and designed to support them as they start reading independently and while they continue to gain confidence and understanding.' Books for Keeps

When they first arrived, they came quietly and stealthily as if they tip-toed into the world when we were all looking the other way.Ade loves living at the top of a tower block. From his window, he feels like he can see the whole world stretching out beneath him.His mum doesn t really like looking outside but it s going outside that she hates. She s happier sleeping all day inside their tower, where it s safe.But one day, other tower blocks on the estate start falling down around them and strange, menacing plants begin to appear.Now their tower isn t safe anymore. Ade and his mum are trapped and there s no way out . . .

De kom krybende i smug, som om de listede sig ind i verden, mens vi alle sammen kiggede den anden vej. (citat fra bogen)Ade elsker at bo øverst i boligtårnet. Når han ser ud af sit vindue, føler han, at han kan se hele verden under sig. Ades mor ser sjældent ud og hun nægter at forlade lejligheden og overlader i stedet mere og mere til Ade, imens hun selv sover dete meste af tiden.En dag begynder de omkringliggende boligblokke pludselig at falde sammen. Folk falder på mystisk vis døde om. Og en mærkelig plante dukker op.Deres tårn og hjem er pludselig ikke længere sikkert. Ade og hans mor er fanget og der er ingen vej ud ...Pressen skriver:»Jeg følte, at jeg læste med iltmaske på! Det vil sige, at jeg fik det lige så klaustrofobisk som Ade, mens jeg vænnede mig til kun at være inde i tårnet. Og det var lige så skræmmende og spændende […] Drengen i tårnet. Åh, hvor kan jeg godt lide ham!«– Jannie Schjødt Kold, Weekendavisen»Man bliver grebet fra første side, og bogen er svær at lægge fra sig […] Man forstår, hvad der er på spil, når man som Ade kommer i en situation, hvor man skal klare meget mere, end man tror, man kan.«– Lektør»Lige præcis hvad moderne YA-litteratur skal indeholde.«– Eva, Bookeater.dk