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.
Conner tells Jack it’s going to be okay.
But it’s not.
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.
The Schedule
September: The Marbury Lens (Hosted by Smash Attack Reads)
- 9/8: Part One: The Amethyst Hour, Chapters 1-17
- 9/15: Part Two: The Strange Boys, Chapters 18-30
- 9/22: Part Three: Blackpool, Chapters 21-42
- 9/29: Part Four: Chapters 43-48
- 10/6: Part Five: Seth, Chapters 49-59
Registration
You must register for this event and participate in order to be eligible for prizes.
Giveaway
TWO copies up for grabs. Open to US only. Must be 16 or older. Giveaway is open 8/1/12 12:01 AM until 8/10/12 11:59 PM.
GOOD LUCK!
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I hope everyone stops by, but don’t sign up. I want this book
Sign up for the read-a-long, but let me win the book.
I’ve been wanting to read this… if I win I have no more excuses
Thanks for the giveaway.
Oh yeah, you can sign me up for the read-a-long too
I can get the audiobook from my library, so I’m signing up. It’s the only way to squeeze in an extra title these days!
YAY! YAAAAAAAAY!
Def seems interesting! Seems like it will be good!
I’m so excited. Are there discussion questions yet? Or just read the Chapters assigned?
I am tooooo! Just read the frost part. This is different than most read a longs. The Qs will be posted on my blog, and we just discuss them there.
When I showed my daughter the book she read the inside flap and asked when she could read it.
It’s been so long since she’s gotten excited about a book, I was impressed. Can’t wait to start!
ohhhhhh. I hope you BOTH enjoy it. I really, really do. It is a crazy wild ride of WTFkery!
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