By Hannah Foley (author)
"Steeped in the natural history of Mary Anning's Jurassic Coast, a powerful dual-timeline story about friendship, mental health and hidden stories"
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February 2023 Book of the Month
Set in two time frame linked through two girls from one family, this is an ambitious and exciting novel that movingly explores friendships and family ties against a background of mental health issues.
Contemporary Rosie seems like any other teenager until she suddenly and inexplicably goes missing. When she is found and brought home to safety she remains obsessed with invisible tigers who seem to prowl through her mind.
Sensitively and gently her friends, led by Jude, give her time and space to calm her fears. Unexpectedly inheriting a house from her grandmother brings Rosie a place of safety and also links her to Emma, a nineteenth century relative who had to abandon her scientific dreams to care for her brother James who, like Rosie, became obsessed with a tiger – this time in a museum.
Both Rosie and James need understanding and love and Hannah Foley explores how that is given by their friends with great sensitivity.
After she falls ill, Rosie discovers family secrets buried like layers of fossils in the cliffs. On her journey to recovery she must sift the past to find the answers, like the palaeontologist Mary Anning on the Jurassic Coast before her.
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1884. Emma Linden dreams of following in the footsteps of the famous fossil-hunter, Mary Anning on the Jurassic Coast. But Emma's world begins to spiral when her brother James becomes obsessed with a glassy-eyed tiger at the museum.
More than a hundred years later, her descendant Rosie Linden goes missing, her mind full of prowling tigers.
With her new friend Jude, Rosie uncovers family secrets buried like layer upon layer of rock. Together they must sift the past to find the truth and heal the present.
A brave and beautifully-written story set in contemporary and Victorian times about fossils, friendship, empathy and acceptance.
'A great friendship story, fascinating, intricate and hopeful.' -- Hilary McKay, author of The Skylarks' War
'[An] expansive story about mental health, hidden stories and friendship.' - THE Bookseller, One to Watch
'A bold, courageous and important book.' -- Sophie Kirtley, author of The Wild Way Home
'Beautifully written, powerful and with characters that children will identify with enormously.' -- Jacqui Sydney, Worlds Smallest Library
Hannah Foley grew up in Devon, surrounded by green fields and spare tractor parts. She worked as an illustrator and designer in Scotland, before returning to Devon where she now lives with her three children. She works as a specialist nurse for people with multiple sclerosis and spends her spare time writing, drawing and digging on her allotment. In 2018, she won the Kelpies Prize for her first novel, and she has illustrated two picture books by Vivian French.
Check her out on Instagram @Han_Foley
Photo c. Rosie Parsons
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After she falls ill, Rosie discovers family secrets buried like layers of fossils in the cliffs. On her journey to recovery she must sift the past to find the answers, like the palaeontologist Mary Anning on the Jurassic Coast before her. 1884.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Tiger Who Sleeps Under My Chair and determined it is suitable for children aged 11-14 years old
The Tiger Who Sleeps Under My Chair features in the following genres: Animal Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Books of the Month, Recommendations, Featured Books for 13+ readers, Historical Fiction, Julia Eccleshare's Picks of the Month, Stories about Family and Friends, Featured Books for 11+ readers
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The Tiger Who Sleeps Under My Chair was written by Hannah Foley and published by Head of Zeus
The Tiger Who Sleeps Under My Chair has 310 pages
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