Rooftoppers

Rooftoppers is a story about a young girl named Sophie who embarks on a journey to Paris in search of her mother. Along the way, she meets a group of children who live on the rooftops of the city, and together they help her find her mother. Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan, as there were no other female survivors from the shipwreck that left baby Sophie floating in the English Channel in a cello case. However, Sophie remembers seeing her mother wave for help. Her guardian tells her it is almost impossible that her mother is still alive, but 'almost impossible' means 'still possible.' When the Welfare Agency threatens to send Sophie to an orphanage, she flees to Paris with the only clue she has - the address of the cello maker. Evading the French authorities, she meets Matteo and his network of rooftoppers who live in the hidden spaces above the city. Together they search for Sophie’s mother, but they must find her before Sophie is caught and sent back to London, or before she loses hope. Phillip Pullman, author of the His Dark Materials series, calls Rooftoppers 'the work of a writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination.'