By David Almond and illustrated by Dave McKean.
After Blue Baker's father dies, the school counsellor suggests that Blue write down his feelings. Instead Blue begins secretly writing and illustrating his own story about a wild and violent boy who lives in the woods. When Blue includes himself, his sister, and the school bully into his story, be begins to suspect that the wild boy has stepped out of the story and into his life. This dark story-within-a-story is filled with frightening illustrations which communicate Blue's anger and loneliness at his father's death.
Genre Fantasy
Appeal elements Graphic novel; Character-driven; Issue-oriented; Emotionally intense; Melancholy.
Lexile 730
Ages 10 and up
Publisher information Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press 2008; 80 p.
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