The Book of Lost Things

Informationen zum Autor John Connolly is the author of the #1 internationally bestselling Charlie Parker thrillers series, The Book of Lost Things and its sequel The Land of Lost Things , the Samuel Johnson Trilogy for younger readers, and (with Jennifer Ridyard) the Chronicles of the Invaders series. He lives in Dublin, Ireland. For more information, see his website at JohnConnollyBooks.com, or follow him on Twitter @JConnollyBooks. Klappentext In his attic bedroom, 12-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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: John Connolly
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2011
• EAN: 9781442429345
• ISBN: 978-1-4424-2934-5
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 195 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; Fiction > Narrative literature; Irland, Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch, empfohlenes Alter: ab 12 Jahre, Englische Bücher / Kinderliteratur, Jugendliteratur, Kinder- u. Jugendliteratur / Kinderliteratur / Ab 10 Jahre, Kinder- u. Jugendliteratur / Englisch, Englisch / Kinderliteratur, Jugendliteratur, Fantasy / Kinderliteratur, Jugendliteratur, Irland / Roman, Erzählung, JUVENILE FICTION / Boys & Men, JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / General, Irische Belletristik / Kinder- u. Jugendliteratur