The Ice King - Softcover

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In a narrative voice at once powerful and lyrical, here comes the Ice King as a steadfast presence in the growth of a boy whose childhood is shaken by his father's death and his loss of place.
Torn from the woodland lakes of rural Indiana, he is thrust into split-level reality in suburban St. Louis, where his mother's relatives invade with a dark spirit. In hostile territory, the boy goes back, inside, far away. He defines himself in his father's image, another brother in the rowdy clan. He fosters a code of justice and relish for life.
Breaking free to a lifelong quest for adventure, he remembers old scores to be settled. With patience and faith, he waits.
The Ice King can take you back to not so long ago, when most of the world was unpaved, and trees grew across the street. The Ice King is magic, and so is the book.

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