Imaginary Friend
Stephen Chbosky$25.50
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Instant New York Times Bestseller
One of Fall 2019's Best Books (People, EW, Lithub, Vox, Washington Post, and more)
A young boy is haunted by a voice in his head in this acclaimed epic of literary horror from the author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
Christopher is seven years old. Christopher is the new kid in town. Christopher has an imaginary friend.
We can swallow our fear or let our fear swallow us.
Single mother Kate Reese is on the run. Determined to improve life for her and her son, Christopher, she flees an abusive relationship in the middle of the night with her child. Together, they find themselves drawn to the tight-knit community of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania. It's as far off the beaten track as they can get. Just one highway in, one highway out.
At first, it seems like the perfect place to finally settle down. Then Christopher vanishes. For six long days, no one can find him. Until Christopher emerges from the woods at the edge of town, unharmed but not unchanged. He returns with a voice in his head only he can hear, with a mission only he can complete: Build a treehouse in the woods by Christmas, or his mother and everyone in the town will never be the same again.
Twenty years ago, Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower made readers everywhere feel infinite. Now, Chbosky has returned with an epic work of literary horror, years in the making, whose grand scale and rich emotion redefine the genre. Read it with the lights on.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 10/01/2019
ISBN: 9781538731338
Pages: 720
Weight: 2.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.80d
Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/01/2019 pg. 60
Publishers Weekly 07/15/2019
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2019
Booklist 08/01/2019 pg. 44
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2019 pg. 6
Library Journal 10/01/2019 pg. 71
One of Fall 2019's Best Books (People, EW, Lithub, Vox, Washington Post, and more)
A young boy is haunted by a voice in his head in this acclaimed epic of literary horror from the author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
Christopher is seven years old. Christopher is the new kid in town. Christopher has an imaginary friend.
We can swallow our fear or let our fear swallow us.
Single mother Kate Reese is on the run. Determined to improve life for her and her son, Christopher, she flees an abusive relationship in the middle of the night with her child. Together, they find themselves drawn to the tight-knit community of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania. It's as far off the beaten track as they can get. Just one highway in, one highway out.
At first, it seems like the perfect place to finally settle down. Then Christopher vanishes. For six long days, no one can find him. Until Christopher emerges from the woods at the edge of town, unharmed but not unchanged. He returns with a voice in his head only he can hear, with a mission only he can complete: Build a treehouse in the woods by Christmas, or his mother and everyone in the town will never be the same again.
Twenty years ago, Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower made readers everywhere feel infinite. Now, Chbosky has returned with an epic work of literary horror, years in the making, whose grand scale and rich emotion redefine the genre. Read it with the lights on.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 10/01/2019
ISBN: 9781538731338
Pages: 720
Weight: 2.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.80d
Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/01/2019 pg. 60
Publishers Weekly 07/15/2019
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2019
Booklist 08/01/2019 pg. 44
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2019 pg. 6
Library Journal 10/01/2019 pg. 71