by Jean-Claude Mourlevat · Gallimard jeunesse · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070613175
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«La prodigieuse aventure de Tillmann Ostergrimm» is the young-adult novel by Jean-Claude Mourlevat (Gallimard jeunesse, paperback, 198 pp. in French).
Tillmann Ostergrimm, a fifteen-year-old boy, discovers at carnival that he can fly. An unscrupulous businessman kidnaps him and turns him into the bird-man of a circus for the cruel Draken. Separated from his family, Tillmann fights to regain his freedom and to become an ordinary boy again.
With illustrations by Marcelino Truong; part of the Hors-piste collection from Gallimard jeunesse.
For children and young readers aged 9 to 13, interested in adventure stories with fantastic touches.
Jean-Claude Mourlevat is a French writer, known for his fairy-tale, fable, and fantasy-inspired novels intended for young people, for which he has won multiple awards, including the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. He also wrote a French novel named "La rivière a l'envers 1. Tomek" which also has a second version called "La rivière a l'envers 2. Hannah".
