The Marbury Lens

The Marbury Lens

by Andrew Smith
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 09/11/2010

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A 16-year-old boy who escapes a kidnapper thinks he can forget his trauma, but instead, he loses his grip on reality and believes he's part of an alternate world called Marbury.


Sixteen-year-old Jack gets drunk and is in the wrong place at the wrong time. He is kidnapped. He escapes, narrowly. The only person he tells is his best friend, Conner. When they arrive in London as planned for summer break, a stranger hands Jack a pair of glasses. Through the lenses, he sees another world called Marbury.


There is war in Marbury. It is a desolate and murderous place where Jack is responsible for the survival of two younger boys. Conner is there, too. But he's trying to kill them.


Meanwhile, Jack is falling in love with an English girl, and afraid he's losing his mind.


Andrew Smith has written his most beautiful and personal novel yet, as he explores the nightmarish outer limits of what trauma can do to our bodies and our minds.


“An engrossing horror/fantasy hybrid…Nightmarish imagery is chillingly effective, and the pacing superbly builds suspense.” -- Kirkus Reviews

ISBN:
9781429941914
9781429941914
Category:
Uncategorized
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
09-11-2010
Language:
English
Publisher:
Feiwel & Friends
Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith is the award-winning author of several Young Adult novels, including the critically acclaimed Grasshopper Jungle. He is a native-born Californian who spent most of his formative years traveling the world. His university studies focused on Political Science, Journalism, and Literature. He has published numerous short stories and articles. The Alex Crow, a starred novel is his ninth novel. He lives in Southern California.

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