How To Build A Boat Av Elaine Feeney

<p><b>Meet Jamie, a boy with a big imagination and an even bigger dream, in the most uplifting book of the year<br><br>''A gorgeous gift of a novel, hopeful and full of humanity''<br>- Douglas Stuart, Booker-Prize winning author of SHUGGIE BAIN</b><br><br>Jamie O''Neill loves the colour red. He also loves tall trees, patterns, rain that comes with wind, the curvature of many objects, books with dust jackets, cats, rivers and Edgar Allan Poe. At age 13 there are two things he especially wants in life: to build a Perpetual Motion Machine, and to connect with his mother Noelle, who died when he was born. In his mind these things are intimately linked. And at his new school, where all else is disorientating and overwhelming, he finds two people who might just be able to help him.<br><br><i>How to Build a Boat</i> is the story of how one boy and his mission transforms the lives of his teachers, Tess and Tadhg, and brings together a community. Written with tenderness and verve, it''s about l

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