The wild things
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Dave Eggers ; adapted from the illustrated book Where the wild things are by Maurice Sendak ; and based on the screenplay Where the wild things are co-written by DE and Spike Jonze
Contributors: Sendak, Maurice; Jonze, Spike
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780241144220; 9780241144558
Subjects: Children of divorced parents; Fiction
Description: During a fight at home, young Max flees and runs away into the woods. He finds a boat there, jumps in, and ends up on the open sea, destination unknown. He lands on the island of the wild things, and soon he becomes their king. But things get complicated when Max realizes that the wild things want as much from him as he wants from them.
Notes: Adapted from the illustrated book Where the wild things are by Maurice Sendak, and based on the screenplay Where the wild things are co-written by DE and Spike Jonze.