The Boy With Wings
Sir Lenny Henry
Illustrated by Keenon Ferrell
Ages 8 to 11
14 April 2022Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Synopsis
An ordinary kid is about to become an EXTRAORDINARY hero in The Boy with Wings, an action-packed adventure by comedy legend Lenny Henry.
Wings? Check.
A super-cool, super-secret past? Check.
An impossible mission to save the world from a fur-ocious enemy? Check.
When Tunde sprouts wings and learns he’s all that stands between Earth and total destruction, suddenly school is the least of his...
Details
14 April 2022208 pages
9781529067842Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Reviews
This book is as laugh-out-loud funny as you’d expect, but it’s also packed with super-charged thrills, characters you really care about and a whole lot of heart. I think The Boy With Wings is the start of something really specialBestselling author and illustrator Nadia Shireen
Hilarious and heartfelt ... interwoven with messages about family, friendship, courage and belongingThe Guardian
... Always looking for genuinely laugh out loud funny books and [The Boy with Wings] 100% delivered. THANK YOU.Louie Stowell, author of Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good
Apart from getting picked on by school bullies, Tunde is an ordinary boy – so why do his mum and dad insist he must never run, or do sports? When a mysterious peril threatens Earth and Tunde suddenly sprouts wings, everything starts to become clear. Hilarious and heartfeltImogen Russell Williams, The Guardian
