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The Anti-Book / Raphael Simon.

by Simon, Raphael (Children's author).

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Dial Books for Young Readers, 2021.

Children of divorced parents -- Juvenile fiction.

Siblings -- Juvenile fiction.

Magic -- Juvenile fiction.

Books -- Juvenile fiction.

Alternate worlds -- Juvenile fiction.

310 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Raphael Simon is the real name of Pseudonymous Bosch; both name authorities have been included in this record.

Mickey is angry all the time: at his divorced parents, at his sister, and at his two new stepmoms, both named Charlie. And so he can't resist the ad inside his pack of gum: "Do you ever wish everyone would go away? Buy The Anti-Book! Satisfaction guaranteed." He orders the book, but when it arrives, it's blank -- except for one line of instruction: To erase it, write it. He fills the pages with all the things and people he dislikes. Next thing he knows, he's wandering an anti-world, one in which everything and everyone familiar is gone. Or are they? His sister soon reappears -- but she's only four inches tall. A tiny talking house with wings looks strangely familiar, as does the mysterious half-invisible boy who seems to think that he and Mickey are best buds. The boy persuades Mickey to go find the Bubble Gum King -- the king, who resides at the top of a mountain, is the only one who might be able help Mickey fix the mess he's made.

Bosch, Pseudonymous.

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