Новинки Meg Shaffer

Inspired by C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, this wild and wondrous novel is a fairy tale for grown-ups who still knock on the back of wardrobes—just in case—from the author of The Wishing Game. As boys, best friends Jeremy Cox and Rafe Howell went missing in a vast West Virginia state forest, only to mysteriously reappear six months later with no explanation for where they’d gone or how they’d survived. Fifteen years after their miraculous homecoming, Rafe is a reclusive artist who still bears scars inside and out but has no memory of what happened during those months. Meanwhile, Jeremy has become a famed missing persons’…

Мрія Люсі Гарт ніколи не здійсниться. Вона хоче всиновити семирічного сироту Крістофера. Їхня прив’язаність розпочалася з книжки «Годинниковий острів» Джека Мастерсона. Та без стабільності і грошей стати однією родиною неможливо.

І саме тоді, коли дівчина готова опустити руки, Джек Мастерсон оголошує, що написав нову книгу. А головне — її зможе отримати тільки одна людина у світі, яка виграє змагання на справжньому Годинниковому острові. І ця перемога — справжній шанс для Люсі і Крістофера. Та для цього дівчині доведеться позмагатися з безжальними колекціонерами, підступними суперниками та дуже харизматичним і безжальним Г’юґо Різом — ілюстратором книжок про Годинниковий острів. Але фінал здивує всіх — Джек Мастерсон готує сюрприз, який може назавжди змінити їхні життя.

Lucy Hart knows better than anyone what it’s like to grow up without parents who loved her. In a childhood marked by neglect and loneliness, Lucy found her solace in books, namely the Clock Island series by Jack Masterson. Now a twenty-six-year-old teacher’s aide, she is able to share her love of reading with bright, young students, especially seven-year-old Christopher Lamb, who was left orphaned after the tragic death of his parents. Lucy would give anything to adopt Christopher, but even the idea of becoming a family seems like an impossible dream without proper funds and stability.

But be careful what you wish for. . . .

Just when Lucy is about to give up, Jack Masterson announces he’s finally written a new book. Even better, he’s holding a contest at his home on the real Clock Island, and Lucy is one of the four lucky contestants chosen to compete to win the one and only copy.

For Lucy, the chance of winning the most sought-after book in the world means everything to her and Christopher. But first she must contend with ruthless book collectors, wily opponents, and the distractingly handsome (and grumpy) Hugo Reese, the illustrator of the Clock Island books. Meanwhile, Jack “the Mastermind” Masterson is plotting the ultimate twist ending that could change all their lives forever.

. . . You might just get it.