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The anti-book / Raphael Simon.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 310 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780525552413
  • 0525552413
Other title:
  • Anti book
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "Mickey finds a book that promises to erase whatever is written in it, and after filling the page with all the things and people he dislikes, he finds himself in the anti-world where everything familiar is gone"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy SIMON RAPHAEL Available 33111009801412
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy SIMON RAPHAEL Available 33111010500110
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy SIMON RAPHAEL Available 33111009841327
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Name of This Book Is Secret comes a darkly funny story about a boy who wants the world to disappear. This fantastical quest for comfort and belonging was called "a surprisingly powerful, formula-breaking coming-of-age story" by the New York Times.

Mickey is angry all the time- at his divorced parents, at his sister, and at his two new stepmoms, both named Charlie. And so he can't resist the ad inside his pack of gum- "Do you ever wish everyone would go away? Buy The Anti-Book ! Satisfaction guaranteed." He orders the book, but when it arrives, it's blank-except for one line of instruction- To erase it, write it . He fills the pages with all the things and people he dislikes . . .

Next thing he knows, he's wandering an anti-world, one in which everything and everyone familiar is gone. Or are they? His sister soon reappears--but she's only four inches tall. A tiny talking house with wings looks strangely familiar, as does the mysterious half-invisible boy who seems to think that he and Mickey are best buds. The boy persuades Mickey to go find the Bubble Gum King-the king, who resides at the top of a mountain, is the only one who might be able help Mickey fix the mess he's made.

From Raphael Simon (a.k.a. beloved author Pseudonymous Bosch!) comes this Phantom Tollbooth for today's generation-a fantastical quest for comfort and belonging that will resonate with many, many readers.

Ages 8-12 Dial Books for Young Readers.

Grades 4-6 Dial Books for Young Readers.

"Mickey finds a book that promises to erase whatever is written in it, and after filling the page with all the things and people he dislikes, he finds himself in the anti-world where everything familiar is gone"-- Provided by publisher.

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