**She can hop into any novel, but she just can’t stay there.Come along with the Book Witch in this magical and inspiring love letter to reading from the USA Today bestselling author of The Wishing Game.“Meg Shaffer continues to surprise and delight me with each book she writes.”—Laurie Gilmore, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Café**Rainy March is a proud, third-generation Book Witch, sworn to def...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Years ago, a reclusive mega-bestselling children’s author quit writing under mysterious circumstances. Suddenly he resurfaces with a brand-new book and a one-of-a-kind competition, offering a prize that will change the winner’s life in this absorbing and whimsical novel.“Clever, dark, and hopeful . . . a love letter to reading and the power that childhood stories have over us long after we’ve grown up.”—V. E. Schwab, #1 New York Ti...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Inspired by C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, this wild and wondrous novel is a fairy tale for grown-ups who still knock on the back of wardrobes—just in case—from the author of The Wishing Game.“This is the book you’ve been waiting for.”—Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Empire Falls and the North Bath Trilogy**AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEARAs boys, best friends Jeremy Cox and Rafe Howell ...

'Clever, dark, and hopeful . . . a love letter to reading and the power childhood stories have over us long after we've grown up' V.E. Schwab, author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue 'A dreamy, inventive novel about how books can not only change lives but save them too' Sarah Addison Allen, author of Other BirdsOne of the Washington Post's top ten feel-good novels of the year: a perfect gift for book lo...

Rainy March is a proud third-generation book witch, sworn to defend works of fiction from all foes real and imaginary. With her magical umbrella and feline familiar, she jumps into and out of novels to fix malicious alterations and wrangle characters that go off-script.Book witches live by a strict code: Real people belong in the real word; fictional characters belong in works of fiction.... Do not eat, drink, or sleep inside a fictional world, lest you become part of the story...

'This wildly imaginative book speaks to every reader who yearns for a more magical world' - THAO THAI, author of Banyan Moon 'If you'd like to dream instead of a parallel world where love and loyalty and friendship are the magic that transforms the least of us into genuine heroes, then Meg Shaffer's The Lost Story is the book you've been waiting for' - RICHARD RUSSO, author of Empire FallsFrom the author o...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Years ago, a reclusive mega-bestselling children’s author quit writing under mysterious circumstances. Suddenly he resurfaces with a brand-new book and a one-of-a-kind competition, offering a prize that will change the winner’s life in this absorbing and whimsical novel.“Clever, dark, and hopeful . . . a love letter to reading and the power that childhood stories have over us long after we’ve grown up.”—V. E. Schwab, #1 New York Ti...

Lucy Hart groeide op in een liefdeloos gezin, en vluchtte het liefst weg in haar favoriete boeken. Vooral de Klokeiland-serie van kinderboekenauteur Jack Masterson was haar tweede thuis. Nu is ze 26 en werkt ze als onderwijsassistent. Haar grootste wens is de 7-jarige Christopher, een jongetje dat sinds de dood van zijn ouders van pleeggezin naar pleeggezin wordt geschoven, te adopteren. Maar omdat ze hem geen financiële zekerheid kan bieden, komt ze niet in aanmerking.Dan schrijft...

«Un esordio che parla di famiglia. Entrerà nel cuore di ogni lettore.»Publishers Weekly«Un libro che incanta. »The Readers' Digest«Una storia bellissima sul potere della speranza.»Kirkus ReviewsLucy è cresciuta con i libri di «Clock Island», una serie d’avventura in cui i protagonisti devono superare diverse prove per riuscire a realizzare i loro desideri. Ora che è ad...

**She can hop into any novel, but she just can’t stay there.Come along with the Book Witch in this magical and inspiring love letter to reading from the USA Today bestselling author of The Wishing Game.“Meg Shaffer continues to surprise and delight me with each book she writes.”—Laurie Gilmore, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Café**Rainy March is a proud, third-generation Book Witch, sworn to def...

**Inspired by C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, this wild and wondrous novel is a fairy tale for grown-ups who still knock on the back of wardrobes—just in case—from the author of The Wishing Game.“This is the book you’ve been waiting for.”—Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Empire Falls and the North Bath Trilogy**As boys, best friends Jeremy Cox and Rafe Howell went missing in a vast West Virginia state forest, only to mysteriously rea...

Wünsch dir etwas, stell dich deinen Ängsten und sieh, was passiert …In einer von Einsamkeit geprägten Kindheit fand Lucy Hart Trost in Büchern, insbesondere in der »Clock Island«-Reihe von Bestsellerautor Jack Masterson. Jetzt ist sie Mitte zwanzig und kann ihre Liebe zum Lesen mit ihren Schülern teilen, vor allem mit dem Waisenjungen Christopher. Lucy würde alles dafür tun, Christopher zu adoptieren, doch um ihm ein richtiges Zuhause zu geben, fehlen ihr die nötig...