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Be careful what you wish for . . .
Andi is short. And she has lots of wishes. She wishes she could play on the school basketball team, she wishes for her own bedroom, but most of all she wishes that her long lost half brother, Bernardo, could come and live in London, where he belongs.
Then Andi’s biggest wish comes true and she’s minutes away from becoming someone’s little sister. As she waits anxiously for Bernardo to arrive from the Philippines, she hopes he’ll turn out to be tall and just as mad as she is about basketball. When he finally arrives, he’s tall all right. But he’s not just tall … he’s a GIANT.
In a novel packed with humour and quirkiness, Gourlay explores a touching sibling relationship and the clash of two very different cultures.

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Tall Story is a humorous and moving novel about Andi, a teen who finally meets her half-brother, Bernardo, from the Philippines.

Andi deeply wishes to play on the school basketball team but despite her passion, her shorter-than-average height is an obstacle to her success. Meanwhile, when half-brother Bernardo arrives from the Philippines, he turns out to be extremely tall – in fact, giant size!

This dual narrative is told from both Andi and Bernardo’s perspectives and the story explores the ups and downs of their sibling relationship and the merging of their cultures.

Tall Story is Candy Gourlay’s debut novel and makes for a memorable read about family in its extraordinary forms. This is a great text for Y8 readers who will appreciate humour alongside deeper themes of identity, belonging and accepting differences.

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