Feather Boy (Essential Modern Classics) By Nicky Singer (Paperback,
2010)

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Essential Modern Classics are relaunched in gorgeous new covers bringing these timeless story to a new generation Robert is a boy who can do anything
- or so old Edith Sorrel at the nursing home tells him Robert doesn't think so knowing as he does that he is the school geek But something compels him to do what Edith asks
- to visit old Chance House where a boy once fell to his death from the top floor flat to confront his fears & find some answers Niker the bully thinks this is a great laugh He challenges Robert to spend the night at Chance House with him
- but there the balance of power changes & it is Robert who proves to be the stronger Niker feels threatened by the change
- & when he finds out Robert's secret obsession to make the dying Edith Sorrel a coat of feathers like in the old legend of the Firebird he knows just how to wrest his old power back But just how important is the coat of feathers? Could it really save Edith's life?