Description: "Almond's lyrical narrative will sweep readers on a journey to unearthly, mysterious realms and back."-- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "Innovative and dreamlike . . .and told in Almond's distinctive prose. Teen readers of a literary bent and mythology enthusiasts will love this latest work."-- School Library Journal , Starred Review "Almond brings his hypnotic lyricism to this darkly romantic tale that sings of the madness of youth, the ache of love, and the near-impossibility of grasping death."-- Kirkus Reviews ". . . captures the heady rush of reckless youth. Readers will likely betransfixed by this rhapsodic modern telling of a classic tragedy."-- Booklist "Almond's . . . prose seeps into your blood like word venom until you can't imagine reading anything else."-- The Times (London) "David Almond's books are strange, unsettling wild things--unfettered by the normal constraints of children's literature, beyond classification."-- The Guardian "Printz Award-winner Almond delivers another haunting, intricately-woven piece of literature."-- VOYA "The evocation of the desperate immediacy of adolescence itself . . . is artfully rendered."-- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books A Publishers Weekly Best Book Selection A Financial Times YA Fiction Best Book of the Year From the Hardcover edition.

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