Imaginary Friend (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781538731338)

A young boy is haunted by a voice in his head in this acclaimed, bestselling epic of literary horror from the author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

One of The Year's Best Books (People, EW, Lithub, Vox, Washington Post, and more) We can swallow our fear or let our fear swallow us. Single mother Kate Reese is on the run. Determined to improve life for her and her son, Christopher, she flees an abusive relationship in the middle of the night with her child. Together, they find themselves drawn to the tight-knit community of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania. It's as far off the beaten track as they can get. Just one highway in, one highway out. At first, it seems like the perfect place to finally settle down. Then Christopher vanishes. For six long days, no one can find him. Until Christopher emerges from the woods at the edge of town, unharmed but not unchanged. He returns with a voice in his head only he can hear, with a mission only he can complete: Build a treehouse in the woods by Christmas, or his mother and everyone in the town will never be the same again. Twenty years ago, Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower made readers everywhere feel infinite. Now, Chbosky has returned with an epic work of literary horror, years in the making, whose grand scale and rich emotion redefine the genre. Read it with the lights on.

Author: Stephen Chbosky
ISBN-10: 1538731339
ISBN-13: 9781538731338
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2019
Pages: 720
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.80d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/01/2019 pg. 60
Publishers Weekly 07/15/2019
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2019
Booklist 08/01/2019 pg. 44
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2019 pg. 6
Library Journal 10/01/2019 pg. 71

About the Author
Stephen Chbosky is the author of the multi-million-copy bestselling debut novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower. In 2012, Chbosky wrote and directed an acclaimed film adaptation of his novel, starring Logan Lerman, Emma Watson and Ezra Miller. He also directed the acclaimed 2017 film Wonder starring Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson and Jacob Tremblay. Imaginary Friend is Chbosky's long-awaited second novel.