Review of 'The Rooftoppers' by Katherine Rundell

Charles Maxim finds a baby floating in a cello case in the English channel. Their ship had just sunk and the baby was the last to be rescued. Charles decided to name her Sophie and raised her the best he can. He was a scholar and taught Sophie himself.

As Sophie got older she wanted to learn music and was keen on the cello as she remembered her mother playing. When the authorities came to check on them, they weren’t happy with the way she was being raised and they decide Sophie’s fate which leads them to escaping England for France after a clue Sophie has found about her mother. What follows is a look into a world of children who live on the rooftops and in the trees of Paris. 

This is an adventurous and heart-warming story that is very nice to read.