The Book of Lost Things

by Connolly, John
ISBN: 9781442429345
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High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mourns the death of his mother. He is angry and alone, with only the books on his shelf for company. But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness, and as he takes refuge in his imagination, he finds that reality and fantasy have begun to meld. While his family falls apart around him, David is violently propelled into a land that is a strange reflection of his own world, populated by heroes and monsters, and ruled over by a faded king who keeps his secrets in a mysterious book... The Book of Lost Things.

An imaginative tale about navigating the journey into adulthood, while doing your best to hang on to your childhood.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Connolly, John
  • ISBN: 9781442429345
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.69 x 1.10
  • Number Of Pages: 368
  • Publication Year: 2011

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  • Reality is always scarier than the fairy tales

    Deana V. - 5 years 9 months ago

    No matter how outlandish the story, fairy tales often serve as a fantasized reflection of reality. John Connolly explores that through a young boy named David, who is thrust into a world of his own imagination. Fueled by the stories David's deceased mother used to read to him and mixed with his own real life problems, we learn how the fairy tales we've grown up with carry the fears of children and adults. By retelling classic tales, The Book of Lost Things becomes its own original fairy tale that, like any good fairy tale, teaches us what it means to grow up. If you loved Pan's Labyrinth, you'll love the Book of Lost Things.

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  • A fairy tale with a twist!

    Kate R. - 6 years 10 months ago

    David is only twelve, but his life has been turned upside-down. His mother has died from cancer, and his father almost immediately starts dating (and then marries!) a woman that he'd met while David's mother was still alive. Quickly enough, they move out to the country to be safer during the war, a baby brother joins their unhappy family, and David's stepmother is left to care for him while David's father is working long hours for the war effort. David and his stepmother didn't get along to begin with, but with tempers shortened, family life gets more and more tense. And is David hallucinating, or is he really seeing an impossibly thin, crooked man made out of shadows in his bedroom? One night, David enters a portal to another world and is whisked away on an adventure, encountering unforgettable characters that may seem familiar to the reader. David wanted to escape his life, but now all he wants to do is find his way home again. David's journey is simply a wonderful read, and I enjoyed it very much.

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