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Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky

Christopher is seven years old.
Christopher is the new kid in town.
Christopher has an imaginary friend.

We can swallow our fear or let our fear swallow us.

Single mother Kate Reese is on the run. Determined to improve life for her and her son, Christopher, she flees an abusive relationship in the middle of the night with her child. Together, they find themselves drawn to the tight-knit community of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania. It's as far off the beaten track as they can get. Just one highway in, one highway out.

At first, it seems like the perfect place to finally settle down. Then Christopher vanishes. For six long days, no one can find him. Until Christopher emerges from the woods at the edge of town, unharmed but not unchanged. He returns with a voice in his head only he can hear, with a mission only he can complete: Build a treehouse in the woods by Christmas, or his mother and everyone in the town will never be the same again.

Twenty years ago, Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower made readers everywhere feel infinite. Now, Chbosky has returned with an epic work of literary horror, years in the making, whose grand scale and rich emotion redefine the genre. Read it with the lights on.

Let the Book Games begin!!!

Let the Book Games begin!!!

Judy wrote: "I'm going to start Chain-Gang All-Stars immediately because my buddy read friend started it yesterday (without me!!!! mean!!!!!!) and also the BOM so I can stay on top of that. But ..."

That's mean indeed!!

I’ll start with The Hunger Games for my ears and then later at home with Love on the Brain for my eyes 😁 what about you?

400 pages

Current total: 717, 642

Wide awake and so ready!

I love pistachio ice cream :)

We had one in the garden when I was younger, I loved it so much! I was really sad when the tree died 😢

Here from district 11 :)

I love this idea a lot!

1. Favorite fruit? Strawberries
2. Favorite vegetable? Carrots and cucumber
3. Favorite grain/seed? Chia
4. Favorite flower? Tulips (love all colors but especially red and purple)
5. Favorite tree? Lilac
6. Favorite animal? I melt for all kinds of baby animals. If I had to choose one, I'd say penguin.
7. Favorite nut? Peanuts and cashews
8. Do you enjoy gardening? I wish I had a garden! I'm currently growing a few flowers and plants in my apartment and on my balcony.

95 pages

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400 pages

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435 pages

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118 pages

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678 pages

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I volunteer as backup District 11

I volunteer as backup District 11

I don’t remember the most of the prequel (then again, I don’t remember much of the trilogy either, I read it like 10 years ago lol) but I just know that I really liked it because it made me care for a character I hated and I think that’s saying something

384 pages
576 pages

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