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|reviewer=Jill Murphy
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Wonderful, wonderful story about a lonely boy, his agoraphobic mother and building-eating plants. That could never work, right? Wrong! It's a must -read and you won't ever have read anything quite like it before.
|rating=5
|buy=Yes
While the plot is part sci-fi, part fantasy and part dystopian, this little book is really a fable. It has a dreamlike quality and it's about love, friendship, loyalty and sacrifice. I loved it and I think you - whoever you are, whether you're aged eight or eighty - will love it, too. ''Boy In The Tower'' comes highly recommended by me. I think it might even be my favourite story of 2014 so far.
You might also enjoy [[The Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline Wilson]] or [[Catcall by Linda Newbery]], both of which feature children under great pressure. For more deceptively simple stories with powerful subtexts, try [[The Silver Donkey by Sonya Hartnett|The Silver Donkey]] and [[The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett|The Midnight Zoo]], both by Sonya Hartnett. You might also enjoy [[Where Monsters Lie by Polly Ho-Yen]].
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