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Tall Story
Hardcover, 293 pages, Random House Childrens Books, List Price: $16.99 | purchase
Book Summary
Sixteen-year-old Bernardo, who is eight feet tall and suffers from a condition called gigantism, leaves the Philippines to live with his mother's family in London, much to the delight of his 13-year-old half sister Andi, a passionate basketball player.
Genres:
This book is about:
- Size,
- Giants,
- Philippines,
- Culture conflict,
- Basketball,
- London (England),
- England,
- Brothers and sisters,
- Fiction
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