Book Summary
In a peaceful, prosperous African American neighborhood in Los
Angeles, Mack Street is a mystery child who has somehow found a
home. Discovered abandoned in an overgrown park, raised by a
blunt-speaking single woman, Mack comes and goes from family to
family – a boy who is at once surrounded by boisterous characters
and deeply alone. But while Mack senses that he is different from
most, and knows that he has strange powers, he cannot possibly
understand how unusual he is until the day he sees, in a thin slice
of space, a narrow house. Beyond it is a backyard – and an entryway
into an extraordinary world stretching off into an exotic distance
of geography, history, and magic.
Book Reviews:
"Crisp, clean writing creates a vivid sense of place and plugs readers into a story they won't want to see end. " - Publishers Weekly
"The author's always elegant prose and storytelling talent add a dimension of grace and morality to his work, which results in a modern fable that belongs in most libraries." - Library Journal.
"Card has constructed a suspenseful fantasy thriller that, during the race to the last page, has one mulling over myth, morals, salvation, and will." - Booklist.
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