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The Mostly Invisible Boy (Casey Grimes)
From Aj Vanderhorst
Current price: $19.99
BAM! Books a Million
The Mostly Invisible Boy (Casey Grimes)
From Aj Vanderhorst
Current price: $19.99
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★ Silver, Wishing Shelf Book Awards ★ Bronze, Readers' Favorite International Awards Contest
This "wildly imaginative" (
Book Pipeline
) "splendid conception" (
Kirkus
) from upstart author AJ Vanderhorst celebrates the transformative power of courage, tenacity and a little skill with a battle-axe. Set in an
alternate USA
where monsters prowl, this debut novel is told from the perspective of mostly-invisible-but-still-hopeful Casey Grimes.
Eleven-year-old Casey is stubbornly friendly, but he's eternally the new kid at Vintage Woods Middle School. Students look right through him-and they're not faking. Casey doesn't know why he's mostly-invisible, but when he scales a colossal oak, he discovers a fortress in its branches. The forgotten sentry tree marks the border between his safe, suburban life and a
fierce frontier.
Casey and his little sister Gloria infiltrate Sylvan Woods, a secret forest society devoted to ancient, wild things. Sky-high footpaths. Survival sewing.
Monster control
. Shockingly, people here actually see Casey-but being seen isn't enough. He wants to belong.
Keeping his identity hidden--while struggling to prove he fits--is hard enough, but Butcher Beasts have returned to Sylvan Woods after a hundred years. Trickery is under siege. As the monsters close in, and the fearsome Sylvan Watch hunts Casey down, he and his newfound friends must unearth
abandoned magic
, buried at the forest's roots...or be devoured along with everyone else, Sylvans and civilians alike.
A fast-paced middle grade fantasy/adventure book with all the monsters kids could ever hope for.
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