The anti-book / Raphael Simon.
Material type:![Text](/opac-tmpl/lib/famfamfam/BK.png)
- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780525552413
- 0525552413
- Anti book
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | SIMON RAPHAEL | Available | 33111009801412 | ||||
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Main Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | SIMON RAPHAEL | Available | 33111010500110 | ||||
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Northport Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | SIMON RAPHAEL | Available | 33111009841327 |
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.