num_pages: 470
description: High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mourns the death of his mother, with only the books on his shelf for company. But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness. Angry and alone, he takes refuge in his imagination and soon finds that reality and fantasy have begun to meld. While his family falls apart around him, David is violently propelled into a world that is a strange reflection of his own -- populated by heroes and monsters and ruled by a faded king who keeps his secrets in a mysterious book, The Book of Lost Things.
language: English
title: The Book of Lost Things
titlecomplete: The Book of Lost Things
characters: Roland the Soldier, The Crooked Man, David Strorm, Little Red Riding Hood, The Woodsman, Seven Dwarves, Snow White (John Connolly), Jonathan Tulvey
genres: Audiobook, Books About Books, Young Adult, Adventure, Adult, Horror, Fiction, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Mystery
ratings_count: 77732
places: United Kingdom
series: The Book of Lost Things
awards: awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire
category: roman pour la jeunesse, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: ALA Alex Award
publisher: Washington Square Press