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The Book of Pearl

by Timothée de Fombelle

Age band: 8+

Looky Rating System: Violence 2/5, Love & Romance 5/5, Mental Health 2/5, Language 0/5, Substance Use 0/5, Fear / Horror 2/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 5/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 0/5.

Description

In prose as magical and intricate as the tale it tells, Timothée de Fombelle delivers an unforgettable story of a first love that defines a lifetime.Joshua Pearl comes from a world that we no longer believe in — a world of fairy tale. He knows that his great love waits for him there, but he is stuck in an unfamiliar time and place — an old-world marshmallow shop in Paris on the eve of World War II.