UP ON CLOUD NINE - Softcover

" [Anne Fine] produces a subtle and absorbing tale." -- "Publishers Weekly " " England's Children's Laureate again exercises her unsurpassed gift for memorable, complex character studies." -- "Kirkus Reviews," Starred " Fine outdoes herself here." -- "The Horn Book Magazine, "Starred " Completely absorbing." -- "School Library Journal," Starred " Anne Fine produces a subtle and absorbing tale."--"Publishers Weekly " "England's Children's Laureate again exercises her unsurpassed gift for memorable, complex character studies."--"Kirkus Reviews," Starred "Fine outdoes herself here."--"The Horn Book Magazine, "Starred "Completely absorbing."--"School Library Journal," Starred "[Anne Fine] produces a subtle and absorbing tale."--"Publishers Weekly " "England's Children's Laureate again exercises her unsurpassed gift for memorable, complex character studies."--"Kirkus Reviews," Starred "Fine outdoes herself here."--"The Horn Book Magazine, "Starred "Completely absorbing."--"School Library Journal," Starred

How stupid do you have to be to fall out of a top-floor window? Or was Stolly trying something else - up on cloud nine even then? Stolly's always been so alive, so inspiring, taking risks, hiding nothing, notorious for being the school's most imaginative liar (or fantasist, as he calls it). But now, he's lying in a hospital bed, and Ian, his best friend who's as close as a brother, is watching, waiting and remembering...A characteristically funny, moving, life-affirming novel about a remarkable character and the truly inspirational effect he has on everyone he meets, from the 2001-2003 Children's Laureate, multi-award-winning author, Anne Fine.