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The Goldfinch
‘A gripping page-turner’
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
Aged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother and an absent father, miraculously survives a catastrophe that otherwise tears his life apart. Alone and rudderless in New York, he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Theo is tormented by longing for his mother and down the years he clings to the thing that most reminds him of her: a small, captivating painting that ultimately draws him into the criminal underworld.
Particularly relevant during this time of COP26, this book is aimed at all levels of school children... and adults too…
nice story