Clive Barker

[rune]

Anyone read his YA series Abarat?

 

[-putawaythosepliers-]

yes i read the book and absolutely loved it! im not so sure about the paperback version, but i borrowed my friend's copy, a hardback she ordered from the US and it had wonderful illustrations!
a couple of months later, saw it in my local ottakars ---- but in the horror section......? very puzzling, i would never have put it in that section. rather odd, as it's content is not horror, and it's clearly a children's book.

 

[nixie]

Read the first two, they aren't a bad read.

 

[-putawaythosepliers-]

is there a third one coming out? i think i heard word of it somewhere...

 

[Sathai]

I have Abarat on my TBR pile. Another great YA book of his is The Thief of Always.

 

[Barristan]

a couple of months later, saw it in my local ottakars ---- but in the horror section......? very puzzling, i would never have put it in that section. rather odd, as it's content is not horror, and it's clearly a children's book.

Its an assumption by the book shop as the vast body of Barker's works are Horror in the extreme! They probably couldnt accept that he has talent as a YA author too.