Author:
Sally Christie
Get two free audiobooks AND support bookstores 🤩
Make the switch
Send as gift
Add to Wish List
Almost ready!
In order to save audiobooks to your Wish List you must be signed in to your account.
Log in Create account
Limited-time offer
Get two free audiobooks!
Now’s a great time to shop indie. When you start a new one credit per month membership supporting local bookstores with promo code SWITCH, we’ll give you two bonus audiobook credits at sign-up.
Sign up todayThe Icarus Show
Narrator
Joe Jameson
This audiobook uses AI narration.
We’re taking steps to make sure AI narration is transparent.
Learn more
Length
5 hours 11 minutes
Language
English
Wonder if it were written by David Almond. A powerful, deeply insightful middle grade novel that poignantly deals with themes of friendship, bullying, and loneliness.
Alex has worked out a foolproof plan to avoid being picked on. Don't React. It's so simple, it just might work. David, a boy in his class, does react. He's branded a weirdo, becomes an outcast, and is given a terrible nickname. Alex is determined not to suffer the same fate.But one day, Alex gets a note in his bag that forces him out of his safe little world. Who sent the note? And is what it promises true--will a boy really fly?The Icarus Show is an unforgettable story about friendship, loneliness, and a strange kind of genius.Sally Christie's first job, nearly thirty years ago, was with a publisher of children's books. While she was there, she had a go at writing a story herself and (cunningly calling herself Syd Carter) sent it to an editor in her own office. It was accepted. She has grown up a lot since Syd: When, more recently, she completed a breathtaking story called The Icarus Show, she felt able to send it to David Fickling Books under her own name.
Audiobook details
Narrator:
Joe Jameson
ISBN:
9781338119213
Length:
5 hours 11 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Scholastic Inc.
Publication date:
January 3, 2017
Edition:
Unabridged
Reviews
Advance Praise for The Icarus Show:
"An absolutely beautifully crafted read, with unforgettable characters who will truly get under your skin." -- The Bookseller (UK), Children's Book of the Month pick
"An absorbing story... It is possible for even children in loving families to find themselves alone, isolated by problems that seem insurmountable. The Icarus Show is a book that ably dramatizes this conundrum, and does so with lightness and grace." -- Marcus Sedgwick, Printz Award-winning author, The Guardian (UK)
"[Sally Christie] writes beautifully." -- The Independent (UK)
"A life-affirming look at friendship, with a little magic in it too." --Absolutely Education Magazine (UK)
Expand reviews
"An absolutely beautifully crafted read, with unforgettable characters who will truly get under your skin." -- The Bookseller (UK), Children's Book of the Month pick
"An absorbing story... It is possible for even children in loving families to find themselves alone, isolated by problems that seem insurmountable. The Icarus Show is a book that ably dramatizes this conundrum, and does so with lightness and grace." -- Marcus Sedgwick, Printz Award-winning author, The Guardian (UK)
"[Sally Christie] writes beautifully." -- The Independent (UK)
"A life-affirming look at friendship, with a little magic in it too." --Absolutely Education Magazine (UK)
Start gifting
Libro.fm for Business
Start a membership, get two free audiobooks