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Hollow Chest
Hardcover
General Juvenile FictionHistory
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ISBN13: 9780062870742
Publisher: Walden Pond Press
Published: Jun 8 2021
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.90
Height: 1.30 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
Debut author Brita Sandstrom arrives with an unforgettable modern folktale of the darkness around and inside us, and the courage it takes to keep hope alive.
Hollow Chest is remarkable on so many levels--its exquisite writing, its startling originality, its deep empathy. An astonishing debut. --Anne Ursu, award-winning author of The Lost Girl
Charlie has been having nightmares. Eyes watching him in the night, claws on his chest, holding him down. His dreams have been haunted for years, ever since German bombs rained down on London, taking his father's life, taking his city's spirit, taking his beloved brother, Theo, off to war in France.
Now Charlie is left to take care of his grandpa Fitz while his mother works, waiting for the day when Theo will come home. And with World War II nearly won, that day is almost here. Grandpa Fitz warns Charlie that soldiers sometimes come back missing a piece of themselves, but Charlie isn't worried. Whatever Theo has lost, Charlie will help him find it.
When Theo finally does return, though, he is cold and distant. But Charlie refuses to accept that the brother he knew is gone, and soon, he discovers the reason for his brother's change: war wolves. Terrifying ancient beasts who consume the hearts of those broken by grief.
The wolves have followed soldiers back home from the front. And if Charlie truly wants to save Theo, he's going to have to find them and get his brother's heart back. But can a heart that's been eaten ever be replaced?
- Books About Brothers: Charlie was ready for his brother Theo to come home from World War II, but not for the cold stranger who returned in his place.
- Magical Realism for Kids: Discover the secret of the war wolves, terrifying ancient beasts who feast on the hearts of soldiers broken by grief.
- An Emotional Family Story: Set against the backdrop of post-Blitz London, a young boy must find the courage to save his family from the darkness that followed the war home.
- A Story of Grief and Hope: A poignant exploration of the invisible wounds of conflict, and a powerful reminder that hope can survive even the most devastating loss.
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