Age Range: 9+
When the Sky Falls by Phil Earle transports readers to London in 1941 where young Joseph is sent to live with Mrs F, a gruff woman who only cares for the rundown zoo she runs and gorilla, Adonis. As boy and gorilla grow close and secrets are revealed, what will happen if the bombs falling on the city set Adonis rampaging free?
When the Sky Falls won the Children’s Fiction Award at this year’s Books Are My Bag Readers Awards.