The wild things
Facing trouble at home with his father gone and his mother and sister uninterested in him, Max runs away from home during an argument only to end up on the island of the Wild Things. Soon Max becomes the king of the island. But things get complicated when Max realizes his subjects want as much from...
| Main Author: | Eggers, Dave. |
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| Other Authors: | Sendak, Maurice., Jonze, Spike. |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
San Francisco :
McSweeney's Books,
c2009.
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| Series: |
Where the wild things are (Motion picture)
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| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
Facing trouble at home with his father gone and his mother and sister uninterested in him, Max runs away from home during an argument only to end up on the island of the Wild Things. Soon Max becomes the king of the island. But things get complicated when Max realizes his subjects want as much from him as he wants from them. |
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| Item Description: |
"Adaped from the illustrated book 'Where the wild things are' by Maurice Sendak, and based on the screenplay 'Where the wild things are' co-written by D.E. and Spike Jonze." |
| Physical Description: |
288 p. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781934781616 (silhouette cover) 1934781614 (silhouette cover) 9781934781630 (fur cover) 1934781630 (fur cover) |
| Author Notes: |
Eggers edits the popular "The Best American Nonrequired Reading" published annually. In 1998, he founded the independent publishing house, McSweeney's which publishes a variety of magazines and literary journals. Eggers has also opened several nonprofit writing centers for high school students across the United States. Eggers has written several novels and his title, A Hologram for the King, was a finalist for the 2012 National Book Award. His most recent work of fiction, entitled The Circle, was published in 2013. His recent nonfiction books are The Monk of Mokha (January 2018) and What Can a Citizen Do? (Illustrated by Shawn Harris)(September 2018). (Bowker Author Biography) |