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The wild things : a novel by Eggers, Dave is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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SUMMARY: The Wild Things — based very loosely on the storybook by Maurice Sendak and the screenplay cowritten with Spike Jonze — is about the confusions of a boy, Max, making his way in a world he can’t control. His father is gone, his mother is spending time with a younger boyfriend, his sister is becoming a teenager and no longer has interest in him. At the same time, Max finds himself capable of startling acts of wildness: he wears a wolf suit, bites his mom, and can’t always control his outbursts. During a fight at home, Max flees and runs away into the woods. He finds a boat there, jumps in, and ends up on the open sea, destination unknown. He lands on the island of the Wild Things, and soon he becomes their king. But things get complicated when Max realizes that the Wild Things want as much from him as he wants from them. Funny, dark, and alive, The Wild Things is a timeless and time-tested tale for all ages.
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Eggers, Dave
- Publisher
- McSweeney's Books
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781934781616
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Young Adult
- Rating
- 3.45 / 5 (6,531 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- The wild things based upon the screenplay Where the wild things are, screenplay by Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers, based on the book by Maurice Sendak (2010)
- The Wild Things (2009)
- The Wild Things (2010)
- الأشياء البرية [Arabic] (2010)
- The wild things : a novel by Dave Eggers ; adapted from the illustrated book Where the wild things are by Maurice Sendak ; an based on the screenplay Where the (2009)
- The Wild Things : a Novel (2010)
- The De Wild Things (2010)
- The Wild Things (Vintage) (2010)
- Los monstruos (2016)
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