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The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World
E.L. Konigsburg
Ginee Seo Books
September 2007
On Sale: September 25, 2007
256 pages
ISBN: 1416949720
EAN: 9781416949725
Hardcover
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"ninety percent of who you are is invisible."
Amedeo Kaplan seems just like any other new kid who has
moved into the
town of St. Malo, Florida, a navy town where new faces are
the norm. But
Amedeo has a secret, a dream: More than anything in the
world, he wants
to discover something -- a place, a process, even a fossil
-- some
treasure that no one realizes is there until he finds it.
And he would
also like to discover a true friend to share these things with.
William Wilcox seems like an unlikely candidate for
friendship: an aloof
boy who is all edges and who owns silence the way other
people own words.
When Amedeo and William find themselves working together on
a house sale
for Amedeo's eccentric neighbor, Mrs. Zender, Amedeo has an
inkling that
both his wishes may come true. For Mrs. Zender's mansion is
crammed with
memorabilia of her long life, and there is a story to go
with every
piece. Soon the boys find themselves caught up in one
particular story --
a story that links a sketch, a young boy's life, an old man's
reminiscence, and a painful secret dating back to the
outrages of Nazi
Germany. It's a story that will take them to the edge of
what they know
about heroism and the mystery of the human heart.
Two-time Newbery winner E. L. Konigsburg spins a magnificent
tale of art,
discovery, friendship, history, and truth.
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