![]() ![]() “A lovely tale for bookish readers that will give them all the feels. But securing her own happily-ever-after will mean she’ll need to stop hiding and start living her own truth-even if it’s messy. It follows the voyage and return plot structure, in which the hero, David, is transported to a magical land, Elsewhere, where he encounters an evil power and eventually returns home having learned a valuable lesson. Still, after spending her whole life keeping people out, something about Asher makes Darcy want to open up. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly is a coming-of-age novel for young adults. Fairy tales are one thing, but real love makes her want to hide behind her carefully constructed ink-and-paper wall. ![]() ![]() For the first time in her life, Darcy can’t seem to find the right words. There, she can avoid the crushing reality of her mother’s hoarding and pretend her life is simply ordinary.īut then Asher Fleet, a former teen pilot with an unexpectedly shattered future, walks into the bookstore where she works…and straight into her heart. ![]() “How could I open that door and let him see the messiest part of me?”įrom the moment she first learned to read, literary genius Darcy Wells has spent most of her time living in the worlds of her books. They’re all here, pulled from history and watched over by the Librarian, curated by the Collectors, nibbled on by the rats. From the New York Times bestselling author of A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, this deeply heartfelt love story explores hiding the worst parts of ourselves, and finding the people who love us anyway. Welcome to the Library of Lost Things, where the shelves are stuffed with books that have fallen through the cracksfrom volumes of lovelorn teenage poetry to famous works of literature long destroyed or lost. ![]()
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