Feather Boy
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 First edition cover | |
| Author | Nicky Singer |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Kevin Longport |
| Cover artist | Connie Talbot |
| Language | English |
| Series | 1 |
| Genre | Children's |
| Publisher | Collins |
Publication date | 1 January 2002 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 286 |
Feather Boy is a novel by Brighton-based author Nicky Singer; it was first published in 2002 by HarperCollins, under the Collins imprint and reissued under the Essential Modern Classics imprint in 2010. A TV adaptation was created by the BBC in 2004.
Robert Nobel is a 12-year-old shy boy who despairs of his newly divorced parents. Living in the dog-leg, he has to face many difficulties. He is the victim of classroom jokes and a victim of Niker, the classroom bully. He is hated and forced to do disgusting things. His life changes when a storyteller, Catherine, invites some of his class to Mayfield Rest Home. In there, he has to do a project with an elder called Edith Sorrel.
Edith Sorrel asks him to go to Chance House, a lonely abandoned house standing out of nowhere at St Aubyns. He goes into finding the grave of David Sorrel: a 12 year old boy who took his life on the very top level of the abandoned house (Chance House). and tells this to the one he loves: Kate. However, Niker hears him and challenges him to spend a night together at the top. Having done this, Edith Sorrel gives him a new task: to create a coat of feathers just for her. He sews night and day to create it and finally, it is nearly ready. However, there is another problem: Niker. Niker destroys his coat of feathers and he has to sew it back! Finally, he gives it back to Edith and when she has it: she flies and then she dies.
In the end, he meets his father once again and they happily go fishing together.
