Dave Eggers grew up near Chicago and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the founder of McSweeney’s, an independent publishing house in San Francisco that produces books, a quarterly journal of new writing (McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern), and a monthly magazine, The Believer. McSweeney’s publishes Voice of Witness, a nonprofit book series that uses oral history to illuminate human rights crises around the world. In 2002, he co-founded 826 Valencia, a nonprofit youth writing and tutoring center in San Francisco’s Mission District. Sister centers have since opened in seven other American cities under the umbrella of 826 National, and like-minded centers have opened in Dublin, London, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Birmingham, Alabama, among other locations. Eggers's work has been nominated for the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and has won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, France’s Prix Médicis, Germany’s Albatross Prize, the National Magazine Award, and the American Book Award. Eggers lives in Northern California with his family. His novels include The Circle, A Hologram for the King, and Heroes of the Frontier.
“This book is a ripper, full of all the good stuff: adventure,
mystery, and lots of great jokes.”
—Mac Barnett, Caldecott Honor–winning author of Extra Yarn
"Full of surprises, magic, and heart." --Rebecca Stead,
Newbery Award-winning author of When You Reach Me
"A heart-gladdening work of allegorical genius . . . brilliantly
rendering the bewildering stupidity of the adult world as seen by
children." —The Guardian
"Eggers performs a marvelous sleight of hand, producing a
first-rate middle grade adventure that doubles as a political
parable for our times." —The Buffalo News
“[A] cozy contemporary novel about lifting spirits and rebuilding
community through teamwork and imagination.” —Publishers Weekly
"A warm and rewarding read . . .Eggers skillfully handles the trope
of the kids who save the town, with plenty of humorous adult
cluelessness but an equal measure of compassion." —The Bulletin of
the Center for Children's Books
"Original . . . and always intriguing. . . . Eggers's story moves
along briskly thanks to mounting suspense and bite-size chapters."
—Booklist
"A whimsical, fantastical story with elements of realism. . . .
This atmospheric story's detailed plot moves quickly, and all the
characters experience growth." —School Library Journal
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