- New York Times bestseller, Middle Grade, Mystery, Fantasy
When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears overnight in the small town of Martinville, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass
- First published
- 2023
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher
- Cengage Gale, Feiwel & Friends, Bound to Stay Bound Books
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781250838827
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“Mortimer waited on the cool stone basement floor in front of mouse door number four, his fluffy orange body covering as much territory as it could.”
Rebecca Stead writes books for young people, including: ***The Experiment***, a middle-grade novel (with aliens); ***When You Reach Me*** (NYT bestseller, 2010 Newbery Medal and Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Fiction); ***The List Of Things That Will Not Change*** (A 2020 Time Magazine Top Ten Children's Book of the Year); ***Liar & Spy*** (Winner of the Guardian Prize for Children's Fiction and a New York Times Notable Book for Children); ***First Light*** (a Junior Library Guild Selection and a New York Public Library Best Book for Teens); ***Goodbye Strange***r (A New York Times Bestseller and New York Times Book Review Notable Book for Children); ***Anything***, Illustrated by Caldecot
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