Podemos tragarnos nuestro miedo o dejar que nos devore. 

Christopher tiene siete años. 

Christopher es nuevo en la ciudad. 

Christopher tiene un amigo imaginario.

Kate Reese es madre soltera y vive una relación abusiva. Sabe que no quiere esa vida para su hijo Christopher, así que a la mitad de la noche toma las llaves de su auto y escapa con él a Mill Grove, Pensilvania, una ciudad pequeña y aislada, donde la comunidad es muy unida y en la que solo hay una carretera para entrar o salir. Parece el lugar perfecto para iniciar una nueva vida. 

Al llegar ahí, Christopher desaparece. Durante seis días nadie sabe nada de él, hasta que lo encuentran en el bosque a las afueras de la ciudad. Aparentemente está ileso, pero algo dentro de él ha cambiado. Una voz en su cabeza le ordena una misión que solo él puede llevar a cabo: debe construir una casa del árbol en el bosque antes de Navidad; de lo contrario, su madre y todos en la ciudad no volverán a ser los mismos. Con Las ventajas de ser invisible, Stephen Chbosky hizo a sus lectores sentirse infinitos. Veinte años después vuelve con una obra maestra de horror, la cual ha trabajado durante todo este tiempo y cuya grandeza y abundancia de emociones redefinen el género. Asegúrate de leerla con las luces encendidas. 

«Al igual que Las ventajas de ser invisible, Amigo imaginario nos hace saber que, sin importar qué tan oscuros sean los lugares en los que has estado o las cosas que has visto, nada, nadie y ningún lugar está más allá de la redención. Iluminación espiritual y horror. No sé cómo, pero lo logró. Es una obra maestra». —Emma Watson, actriz y activista

«Una inquietante y emocionante novela que rebosa de la empatía radical que hace tan especial el trabajo de Chbosky». —John Green, autor de Bajo la misma estrella

«Si no te enloquecen las primeras cincuenta páginas de Amigo imaginario, tu capacidad de asombro puede estar fallando». —Joe Hill, autor bestseller del New York Times 

«Lo más aterrador que he leído en mucho tiempo. Lleno de corazón y alma. Te enamorarás de los personajes y por eso se quedarán contigo, como una aparición». —R. J. Palacio, autor de Extraordinario, un bestseller del New York Times

«Amigo imaginario me recordó a una novela clásica de Stephen King de hace dos décadas, pero con el estilo inigualable de Chbosky. Una lectura maravillosa. Valió la pena la espera». —Blake Crouch, autor de Wayward Pines y Materia oscura

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

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.

 

Enjoy 8 different fun screen-free kids activities for Halloween: Crosswords, coloring pages, mazes, dot-to-dots, hidden pictures, word searches, picture matching and paper monster masks! This Halloween book for children contains original puzzles and games suitable for kids ages 3-12. With fun illustrations and the ability to photocopy pages for classroom, day care, or homeschool use, this book is sure to be an excellent resource to be used over and over again.

Halloween is a very special time of year and takes on huge significance for a vast number of people in different ways. For many, it's a chance to dress up, wander the streets for a trick or treat session, gorge on candy and have a party, whereas for others it is a time of remembrance, of visits to ancestors' graves, or prayers at this holy time.

But what are the real origins and meanings of this festival that's commonly associated with darkness, witches, ghosts and ghouls? The oldest known Halloween celebration was the Celtic Samhain, a time when the souls and spirits of the dead would find it easiest to return to visit the living. Food was offered to keep the spirits happy and eventually the festival was formalized by the church as a time of remembrance in advance of All Saints Day.

This fun little guide looks at the history of all things Halloween, from the earliest feasts and customs to the latest fun and games that are common around the world. We delve into the meanings of many of the symbols of Halloween, like pumpkins, black cats, apples, witches and ghosts, and examine the many different ways people celebrate around the world. There is plenty of fun stuff too: freaky facts, scary poems, classic candy, spooky songs, stunning stats, horror film suggestions and all manner of puns, jokes and sayings all relating to the creepiest day of the year.

SAMPLE QUOTE:
'Halloween was confusing. All my life my parents said, "Never take candy from strangers." And then they dressed me up and said, "Go beg for it."' - Rita Rudner

“Heartfelt, bizarre, and unexpected. . . . At once a novel about family and love, a creepy tale that questions what it means to be human, and a celebration of queer stories, Monstrilio is as shocking as it is profound, and as humorous as it is thoughtful.” —Gabino Iglesias, The Boston Globe

A “wholly unique” and “uncompromising” literary horror debut about a boy who transforms into a monster, a monster who tries to be a man, and the people who love him in every form he takes (Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes)

Grieving mother Magos cuts out a piece of her deceased eleven-year-old son Santiago’s lung. Acting on fierce maternal instinct and the dubious logic of an old folktale, she nurtures the lung until it gains sentience, growing into the carnivorous little Monstrilio she keeps hidden within the walls of her family’s decaying Mexico City estate. Eventually, Monstrilio begins to resemble the Santiago he once was, but his innate impulses—though curbed by his biological and chosen family’s communal care—threaten to destroy this fragile second chance at life.

A thought-provoking meditation on grief, acceptance, and the monstrous sides of love and loyalty, Gerardo Sámano Córdova blends bold imagination and evocative prose with deep emotional rigor. Told in four acts that span the globe from Brooklyn to Berlin, Monstrilio offers, with uncanny clarity, a cathartic and precise portrait of being human.

Serve fun and freaky bites for Halloween! Grab your little ghouls and goblins and head to the kitchen to make sweet and savory recipes that are as tempting to eat as they adorably decorated. Celebrate in 20 delicious ways, including:

• Chomping Monster Cookies
• Peanut Butter Pumpkins
• Dead Fly Pancakes
• Sausage Mummies
• Meringue Ghosts
• Crawling Spider Whoopies
• and many more!

It's a party! In addition to the spooky snacks in this booklet, there are dozens of quick and easy tips and tricks for successful Halloween parties. Rely on cookbook author Susanna Tee's oodles of ideas, and you can be sure to scare the kids in loads of silly ways.