The Disapparation of James - Softcover

"[A] wry, haunting meditation on love, loss and family ties."

"Minneapolis native Anne ursu...has given us a fine New Year's gift with her new novel...If other books published in 2003 are as good as this one, we're in for exciting reads."

"Ursu gently teases out the tale of a close-knit family whose youngest child, James, vanishes into thin air--literally...Ursu's storyis sweetly done, her own compelling magic trick."

"This bold novel manages to be tender, harrowing, playful, wild, and full of hope all at the same time."

"In The Disapparation of James, Anne Ursu takes a terrifying premise and writes about it with a wit, warmth and wisdom that is irresistible."

"Ursu wins the reader over with her humane wisdom and charming vision of the limitless possibilities of a child's imagination."

When the five-year-old son of the Woodrow family disappears mysteriously during a circus magic trick, the subsequent police investigation is unsuccessful, prompting the boy's seven-year-old sister to set out search of the truth. By the author of Spilling Clarence. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.