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Looking at The Maestro

Looking at The Maestro. Tim Wynne Jones. Born in England Grew up in British Columbia and Ontario S tudied at the University of Waterloo and York University.

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Looking at The Maestro

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  1. Looking at The Maestro

  2. Tim Wynne Jones • Born in England • Grew up in British Columbia and Ontario • Studied at the University of Waterloo and York University. • His writing career began when he won the $50 000 Seal First Novel Award for Odd's End, a book he wrote in five weeks while at loose ends when his wife was away in California just after he finished university. • Since then he has written and translated numerous picture books and created four works of fiction for children and young adults, two more novels for adults, numerous radio dramas, a children's musical, an opera libretto, short stories, and songs for the television programme, "Fraggle Rock".

  3. Any Guesses? • Based on the Title and front cover, what do you think our novel is going to be about? • What kinds of characters will we see? • What will the plot be like? • What problems will the characters encounter?

  4. It was published under two other names… • The Flight of Burl Crow • The Survival Game Do either of these titles change your prediction?

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