Book description
An enchanting, delightfully creepy adventure for children aged 8-12
from bestselling author Lauren Oliver.
One day when Liza went to bed, Patrick was her chubby, stubby,
sweet-grubbing, and pancake-loving younger brother, who irritated and
amused her both, and the next morning, when she woke up, he was not.
In fact, he was quite, quite different.
When Liza's brother, Patrick, changes overnight, Liza knows exactly what
has happened: the spindlers have got to him, and stolen his soul.
She knows, too, that she is the only one who can save him.
To rescue Patrick, Liza must go Below, armed with little more than her
wits and a broom. There, she uncovers a vast world populated with
talking rats, music-loving moles, greedy troglods, and overexcitable
nids . . . as well as strange monsters and terrible dangers. But she
will face her greatest challenge at the spindlers' nests, where she
encounters the evil Queen and must pass a series of deadly tests - or
else her soul, too, will remain Below forever.
'An absolute delight . . . The story is packed with mystery, murder,
adventure, humour and magic, but above all it is a beautiful evocation
of loss, tempered by the gradual blossoming of friendship, trust and
hope. Although aimed at younger readers, the lightness of touch and the
tenderness of the message could make grown men weep.' Lauren Oliver
captivated readers with her achingly beautiful first novel, BEFORE I
FALL. She followed that up with DELIRIUM and then PANDEMONIUM - the
first two books in her compellingly addictive trilogy. The eagerly
anticipated final book in the Delirium trilogy, REQUIEM, will publish in
Spring 2013. She is also the author of two novels for young readers,
LIESL & PO and THE SPINDLERS, delightful, scary and magical novels
that are certain to become modern classics of children's writing. A
graduate of the University of Chicago and NYU's MFA program, she lives
in Brooklyn, New York. Find more information at www. laurenoliverbooks.
com, or connect with Lauren on Twitter (www. twitter. com/OliverBooks)
and on Facebook (www. facebook. com/LoveDelirium).
