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When the Sky Falls: Graphic Novel

When the Sky Falls: Graphic Novel

by Phil Earle and Fred Fordham
Paperback
Publication Date: 29/09/2025
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A rip-roaring graphic retelling of Phil Earle's multi-award-winning When the Sky Falls.

A stunning graphic-novel edition of the multi-award-winning story about the incredible friendship between a young boy and a silverback gorilla during the Second World War, inspired by a true story.

1941. War is raging. And Joseph has been sent to live in the city, where bombers rule the skies. There, he will live with Mrs F, a gruff woman with no fondness for children. Her only loves are the rundown zoo she owns and its mighty silverback gorilla, Adonis. As the weeks pass, Joseph and Adonis become friends, but what will happen when the bombers set him rampaging free?

Winner of the British Book Award for Children's Fiction Book of the Year.

‘A magnificent story... It deserves every prize going’ Philip Pullman

‘An extraordinary story... Deeply felt, movingly written, a remarkable achievement’ Michael Morpurgo

ISBN:
9781839135620
9781839135620
Category:
Comic strip fiction / graphic novels (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
29-09-2025
Publisher:
Andersen Press Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
240
Dimensions (mm):
208x165mm
Phil Earle

Phil Earle was born and raised in Hull. His first job was as a care worker in a children’s home.

Phil then chose the more sedate lifestyle of a bookseller, and now works in children’s publishing – when he’s not writing his own children’s books, which have received critical acclaim and been nominated for numerous awards, including a longlisting for the Carnegie Medal.

Fred Fordham

Fred Fordham was born in 1985 and grew up in north London. Before beginning work in comics and graphic novels he worked as a traditional portrait painter and muralist. His first published work in the medium appeared in France and he has since written and illustrated stories for various publications, most recently illustrating Philip Pullman's debut graphic-novel, The Adventures of John Blake: Mystery of the Ghost Ship.

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