A boy at wars target audience is the middle school reader. About a boy has two main characters and several minor characters. About a boy plot summary plot summary gcse english. About a boy is a 1998 coming of age novel written by british writer nick hornby which has sold over a million copies. The book is set in london in the nineteenthcentury. Although the book is short just around onehundred pages and simply written, it has a great deal of substance. Wild boy is a rollicking adventure novel from the mind of rob lloyd jones. Winner of the leeds book award, the brilliant book award, east sussex book award, phoenix award and the sakura medal. This study guide consists of approximately 27 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of about a boy. Covered in hair since birth, hes used to being treated as a monster or a savage.
Once there was a boy who lived in the mountain forests of southern fra. Wild boy leads a miserable life as a spectacle in a travelling freak show. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. Ciaran doyle, age 12 wild boy is a brilliant book about a horrendous freak, covered in head to toe in hair, with. Discussion of themes and motifs in nick hornbys about a boy.
Sam harper, age 9 if you like exciting adventures and mysteries i am sure that you will love the story of wild boy. Action packed with a sherlockvictorian twist and a. In the first book this one wild boy makes friends with the acrobat girl clarissa. Gradually, will and marcus become friends, and as will. Wild boys detective skills are fascinating this will definitely appeal to the legions of sherlock fans out there. This 41page guide for about a boy by nick hornby includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 36 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of. My new book, new aura, is now available through worldwide amazons and most ereaders. Wild boy is a 2003 novel by english author jill dawson, published by sceptre. Will, a rich, childfree and irresponsible londoner in his thirties who, in search of available women, invents an imaginary son and starts attending single parent meetings. Wild boy is a rollicking adventure novel from the mind of rob lloyd. It was originally published in two books, 1906 and 1907, and was first published in english as the wonderful adventures of nils in 1907 and further adventures of nils in 1911. The novel was later adapted into a feature film in 2002 and a television series in 2014.
Summary a young wild hair boy, thought to be between the age of 6 to 8 was found living in the woods all alone. About a boy is a modern novel set in london in 1993. Free delivery on book orders dispatched by amazon over. Hes written over 30 nonfiction books, mostly about history, and wild boy is his first novel. As a result of one of his liaisons, he meets marcus, an odd 12yearold boy with problems at school. There are also several secondary characters, whom we. It is coming soon to even more bookstores and websites worldwide. It is told from two different points of view, although it is written in the third person.
In this presentation video i am doing my book report about about a boy by nick hornby. The main character, wild boy, gets his name because he is covered from head to toe in. In the novel boy, readers travel back in time with roald dahl, celebrated childrens book author, as he shares the stories of his childhood in wales, beginning first with the lives of. Khushi gupta i would give this book 910 because of its fantastic description, mystery and red herrings.
Set in the victorian underworld, this is a gripping mystery with. It isnt a massive philosophy story, it isnt a treatise on life and the world, but it doesnt have to be. Inspiration for the novel came from uta friths 1989 book explaining the enigma in which the wild boy of aveynon is claimed to be the first. Nominated for the carnegie award and named one of five best debut novels in the branford.