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The Only Child

A New York Times Best Illustrated Book

Hailed by Entertainment Weeklyand the Wall Street Journalas a best book of the year, this gorgeous and imaginative story—part picture book, part graphic novel—is utterly transporting and original. USA Todaydeclared it "a compelling and melancholy debut from an important new talent" as well as "an expansive and ageless book full of wonder, sadness, and wild bursts of imagination." And like Shaun Tan's The Arrival and Raymond Briggs's The Snowman,it is quickly becoming a modern classic.

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A little girl—lost and alone—follows a mysterious stag deep into the woods, and, like Alice down the rabbit hole, she finds herself in a strange and wondrous world. But... home and family are very far away. How will she get back there?

In this magnificently illustrated—and wordless—masterpiece, debut artist Guojing brilliantly captures the rich and deeply-felt emotional life of a child, filled with loneliness and longing as well as love and joy.

Setting
ChinaAsia
Mood
emotional
Audience
childrenspicture booksmiddle gradeyoung adult
Length
short · 112 pages

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