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doyle
Since: Jan, 2001
1st Oct, 2011 09:16:51 AM
I knew I'd read this but couldn't remember the name or author... but I did remember Childe Roland appeared in it. So, thanks to the Childe Roland entry on the other Wiki, I'm pretty sure this is John Connolly's The Book of Lost Things.
MaribelleReed
Since: Apr, 2011
2nd Oct, 2011 09:04:06 PM
Ah! That's totally it! Thanks!
ClinkerGynoid
Since: Dec, 2010
4th Oct, 2011 10:21:34 AM
It's a GREAT book, I for one urge you to go out and find it
The way the world is, I think a silly evening in the theatre is a good thing, to take our minds off terror. -Tim Curry
I saw this book at a Borders about 10 months ago and read the first chapter before I had to leave. I think it had a red cover with a white tree on it, though I'm not sure. It was set in WWII era England, and the protagonist was a preteen boy. His mother had died, and his father read a lot of newspapers, but he read fairy tales to remember her. From the back of the book, I would guess that the stories came to life at one point, but I only read like 20 pages... It probably didn't come out before 2005, and I think it won an award or two.