Rooftoppers

I loved this, though the descriptions of running across heights in the dark gave me sweaty palms!

I liked how Matteo teaches Sophie how to go onto the rooftop.

There are some lovely characters and this is well written but I was a little unsatisfied with the ending! Maybe there will be a sequel one day!

I loved this book so I recommend it to everyone especially people who love crazy adventures. The way Katherine Rundell writes her books makes it feel so real and I found it hard to put down. Mainly, I loved the idea of kids secretly living on rooftops by themselves and it makes you think that anything is possible and you shouldn't ever ignore a possible!

A baby girl was found by Charles Maxim, who saved her at sea. There was a ship that sank, and Charles found a baby and rescued her. He named her Sophie and kept her being her guardian. A welfare agent called Miss Eliot has been telling Charles that he was not looking after her as he should have been. Sophie was eager to find her mum. Since the shipwreck, she has lost her mum and now has to find her. Charles and Sophie moved to France to prevent Sophie from being taken to an orphanage. Since they moved, Sophie felt familiar with this place. She visited a shop where they sell cellos -- Sophie had a memory of her mum playing the cello. She and Charles tried to go to the police to see if they had any folders of the musicians from the ship. Nothing worked, but Sophie didn't stop trying to find her mother. Every night, Sophie went up onto the roof. Once she saw a boy jumping from roof to roof, and met him the next day. His name was Matteo. Each day she learnt something new about him. She saved some food every dinner time for him to eat. Once she told him about her missing mother, he said he could help. She told him everything she knew about her -- even her name, Vivienne Vert. Matteo got some friends to help with this mission. Sophie found out that their names were Anastasia, Safi and Gerard. In the night, they all gathered at the police station. They hung down the roof till they saw the folder room. Sophie and Matteo looked in each folder until they found the right one. But it was a man. There weren't any women musicians. Suddenly Sophie recognised some parts: they looked a bit like her, and the clothes were different. Underneath the picture, it said that they survived. Out of nowhere, Sophie heard music. She ran out of the building and followed the sound of music. Right in front of her, she saw her mother! This was all Sophie dreamed of.

I absolutely loved the 1st half of this book. The 2nd half is good too, but it’s definitely a book of 2 halves.
The descriptions are v funny.

It was a great book but I felt it needed to speed up a bit

A thoroughly enjoyable read! I loved the relationship between Sophie and Charles, their trust in each other and their uncomplicated way of living together in a house (I thought back at Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking and her horse in the farmhouse). And then Sophie and Charles embark on this huge adventure to try and find Sophie's mother...what a beautifully told story! The vocabulary in this book is accessible and I think children y4 upwards would enjoy this.

This was a very good book

This book was a fiction book and it’s comes with lots of gross pets but they are a bit funny. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book as it kept you entertained. I would certainly recommend it for someone else to read it.

It’s a really good book

It’s really thrilling and good. I couldn’t put the book down. Not much books impress me, so when I say that this book is good, then it’s good.

Love the book but for me the ending was confusing and I couldn't understand it .

My favroite part was when they relised the blackmailing.

I thought it was marvellous I loved all the twists turns and adventure the best thing was when they went to the music shop . My favourite person was Matteo . A true great tale

It’s about this girl, called Sophie. She was on the Queen Mary as a baby, and when the boat was sinking she was rescued by someone called Charles. They had a life together and he was like a father, but Sophie still hoped her mum was alive. This lady didn’t want that to happen, and didn’t think she was living a good life, so she questioned them about some stuff, but they didn’t pass the “test” - Sophie got her cello and they went to France. The story ahead is a story about a brave little girl.

A lovely and original story of a young girl in search of her mother. The characters are great and very likeable. A great book for upper ks2.

It was great

A brilliant read. The story was very visual in the way Katherine Rundell described the characters, their expressions and events taking place. I lose interest in things quite quickly and was a reluctant reader myself at school, but this book gripped my interest throughout and I wanted to know how the story was going to end. Looking forward to reading more titles by this author.

Violets are blue
Roses are red
Charles is incompetent
Vivianne should be dead

this book was fiction and my favourite character was Sophie because she tried hard and she never ignored a possible. this book was quite factual and it interested me to know how people live on the rooftops of Paris. I would recommend this to someone who enjoys adventure and fun!

This book was amazing! I really enjoy Katherine Rundell's style of writing! I loved it when Charles surprised the rooftoppers by sitting there next to them! This is a great book! I would read it again and again!

I loved chapter 3!

I really enjoyed this book. It was recommended by a teacher at school. My favourite character is Sophie as she shows resilience and determination throughout. I enjoy reading books that are for children and young people, as I can then recommend them to the class I work with.

Good plot twist. Nice descriptions. Great story.

Awesome book!

Strange ending. I felt like the story was just about to begin and wanted to find out more. I wonder if there will be a sequel.

Really good

I really enjoyed reading rooftoppers because it was exciting and it made sense. Matteo was my favourite character because he really showed his survival skills.I also liked how he jumped from one rooftop to another and that he was always very calm. It wasn't that factual and it was fiction but I definitely recommend it to other people

I loved this book. A young, inquisitive child tries to find her long-lost mother based on a cello cases and her thoughts. Using her memories, she searches for her in a unique form, by roofs. With Charles, her foster father, and her new friends, she goes through a long, troublesome journey above Paris.

Really good. It is a good thing to read as it teaches you to stay brave.