A review by bethreadsandnaps
Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell

4.0

Enjoyable story of a girl Sophie who was found in a cello case in the water and saved by Charles, an older man who becomes her caretaker. When she becomes a teen, he’s not deemed to be an appropriate guardian (he lets her wear trousers!). Sophie finds a clue about her birth mother in the cello case, and Charles and Sophie flee to France to find out more about Sophie’s birth mother. There she meets some children who live on the roofs. 


This has an old-time children’s classic feel. I loved the interactions between her and Charles. I was less enamored with her interactions with the rooftoppers, but I see the purpose of her finding more found family.