- Adolescence, Fiction, Human Abnormalities, Poetry
A bizarre menagerie of characters--including Oyster Boy, Brie Boy, Match Girl, and Stick Boy--search for love and understanding in a world that does not comprehend oddities.
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- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Tim Burton
- First published
- January 1, 1998
- Pages
- 128
- Publisher
- HarperEntertainment, Dark Horse, HarperCollins Publishers
- Editions
- 21
- Language
- cat, Italian, tur, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9788806183714
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First sentence
“Stick Boy liked Match Girl, he liked her a lot.”
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