And though I’ve read a number of his other books, it was only quite recently that I found out that the above title is only the first book in the Norumbegan Quartet. Several years ago, during a visit to New York City’s Books of Wonder, I picked up a copy of The Game of Sunken Places, by this author I had never heard of, and thought it was great.

Anderson lives near Boston, Massachusetts.Purchase here The Suburb Beyond the Stars Printz Honor Books Symphony for the City of the Dead Yvain: The Night of the Lion Landscape with Invisible Hand and many other books for children and young adults, including The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge, cocreated with Eugene Yelchin, which was a National Book Award Finalist. Anderson is the author of Feed, a National Book Award Finalist the National Book Award winner The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party and Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves, which were both Michael L. Graced with evocative black-and-white illustrations by Junyi Wu, Elf Dog and Owl Head is heartfelt and exhilarating, wry and poignant, seamlessly merging the fantastic and the familiar in a tale both timely and timeless. There are traps and terrors in the woods, too, and if Clay isn’t careful, he might stray off the path and lose his way forever. But they aren’t alone in their surreal adventures. Each day the dog leads Clay down paths he never knew existed, deeper into the unknown. With this mysterious Elphinore as guide, he’ll glimpse ancient secrets folded all but invisibly into the forest.

From the moment the elegant little dog with the ornate collar appears like an apparition among the trees, Clay sees something uncanny in her. A global plague has brought the world to a screeching halt, and with little to look forward to but a summer of video-calling friends, vying with annoying sisters for the family computer, and tuning out his parents’ financial worries, he’s only too happy to retreat to the woods. Anderson comes a magical adventure about a boy and his dog-or a dog and her boy-and a forest of wonders hidden in plain sight.Ĭlay has had his fill of home life. RSVP below to let us know you're coming and to receive event updates!įrom the singular imagination of National Book Award winner M. Anderson, author of Elf Dog and Owl Head, for an event in conversation with Nancy Werlin! This event will take place on Saturday, April 29 at 4pm at Porter Square Books (25 White St. Porter Square Books is delighted to welcome M.

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