![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Author’s agent: Barry Goldblatt, Barry Goldblatt Literary. The legends and folktales Milford ( The Broken Lands) creates add to Nagspeake’s charm and gently prepare the ground for a fantasy twist. The colorful cast of characters, including Greenglass House itself, immediately draw the reader into a richly imagined and vividly detailed story of tremendous depth. It’s been nominated for the Cybils Awards (even before I got to it), and has been long listed for the National Book Award. It’s beautiful, fun, suspenseful, and touching. Likewise, the fictional port of Nagspeake, whose daring smugglers face off against ruthless customs agents, makes for a unique and cozy setting, where Milo’s parents’ inn provides a refuge for “runners,” as the smugglers call themselves. GREENGLASS HOUSE is a mystery that will delight and intrigue readers of any age, from the first ring of the guest bell to the astonishing twist at the end. Greenglass House is available now from Clarion Books, and I couldn’t encourage you more to go read it. The mysteries surrounding the guests and their connections to the inn unravel slowly, but Milo-with his resentment of the unexpected, his growing empathy, and his quick powers of deduction-is a well-drawn protagonist. Milo’s new persona allows him to imagine his Chinese birth family without the guilt he usually feels toward his loving adoptive parents when he does so. But his new friend Meddy has other ideas, and soon the pair is investigating a series of thefts and creating alter egos based on the role-playing game Odd Trails. ![]() Twelve-year-old Milo’s Christmas looks ruined when five eccentric guests arrive at his parents’ inn on the first day of vacation. ![]()
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