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The King in the Window
The King in the Window
Author: Adam Gopnik
Oliver Parker, a twelve-year-old American boy living in Paris, is lonelier than he has ever been. Intimidated by his French school and its prickly teachers, and made melancholy by the long, gray winter, Oliver longs for some friends, and maybe even a little adventure. One dark and freezing January night, his wishes are granted. After dinner, Ol...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780786838943
ISBN-10: 0786838949
Publication Date: 10/15/2006
Pages: 416
Edition: Reprint
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Publisher: Miramax
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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This is a wonderful book. If you liked Alice Through the Looking Glass you will like this book. A young American boy who has grown up in Paris finds a whole other world beyond the one he knew. In the Window Wraiths, the street people and a crotchety, famous, old woman he finds friends and works to learn how to "Think" and save the world.


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