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From Publishers WeeklyThriller writer Connolly (_Every Dead Thing_) turns from criminal fears to primal fears in this enchanting novel about a 12-year-old English boy, David, who is thrust into a realm where eternal stories and fairy tales assume an often gruesome reality. Books are the magic that speak to David, whose mother has died at the start of WWII after a long debilitating illness. His father remarries, and soon his stepmother is pregnant with yet another interloper who will threaten David's place in his father's life. When a portal to another world opens in time-honored fashion, David enters a land of beasts and monsters where he must undertake a quest if he is to earn his way back out. Connolly echoes many great fairy tales and legends (Little Red Riding Hood, Roland, Hansel and Gretel), but cleverly twists them to his own purposes. Despite horrific elements, this tale is never truly frightening, but is consistently entertaining as David learns lessons of bravery, loyalty and honor that all of us should learn. (Nov.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Product DescriptionHigh in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old Da

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Author

John Connolly

Publisher

Washington Square Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781416542759

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Thriller, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.98 / 5 (2,982 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13