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The Wild ThingsDave Eggers
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The Wild Things

282 pagesFirst published 200910 editions · 2 languages
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In a stunning act of imagination, Dave Eggers has adapted Maurice Sendak's children's classic, Where the Wild Things Are, into this richly drawn full-length novel, the story of a lonely boy navigating the emotional journey away from boyhood. Max is a rambunctious eight-year-old, living with his mother and his sister, terrorizing the neighborhood on his bicycle. But Max's world is changing around him: His father is absent and his mother is increasingly distracted. Max's teenage sister is outgrowing him, leaving him alone in favor of her friends. Sad and angry, Max dons his wolf suit and makes…

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Editions

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionPenguin Books, Limited2011—9780141946382
PaperbackKiepenheuer & Witsch GmbH2011—9783462043068
EditionHamish Hamilton2010—9780141037134
EditionVintage Books20102849780307475466
HardcoverKiepenheuer & Witsch GmbH2009—9783462041767
Edition · spaMondadori20092249788439722250
EditionMcSweeney's20092889781934781616
EditionHamish Hamilton20092819780241144220
EditionHarperCollins Publishers2009—9780061669095
EbookKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group2009—9780307477569
FictionVoyages and travelsIslandsRunaway childrenMovie novelsFiction, generalMothers and sons, fictionBrothers and sisters, fiction