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Title details for The Lifters by Dave Eggers - Available

The Lifters

by Dave Eggers
Dion Graham
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From the Newbery Award-winning author of The Eyes and the Impossible come the story of a mysterious underground world where nothing is as it seems.
What if the ground beneath your feet was not made of solid earth and stone but had been hollowed into hundreds of tunnels and passageways? What if there were mysterious forces in these tunnels? What would it feel like to know the fate of an entire town rested on your shoulders? Twelve-year-old Gran Flowerpetal is about to find out.
When Gran's friend, the difficult-to-impress Catalina Catalan, presses a silver handle into a hillside and opens a doorway underground, Gran knows that she is extraordinary and brave. He will have no choice but to follow her and help save the town (and the known world). With luck on their side, and some discarded hockey sticks for good measure, they might just emerge as heroes.

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  • Release date

    April 24, 2018

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781524782863
      • File size: 152983 KB
      • Duration: 05:18:42

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • LexileÂŽ Measure: 720
    • Text Difficulty: 3

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 7, 2018
      After his father is offered a new job, 12-year-old Granite Flowerpetal and his family move into the house built by Graniteâs great-great-grandfather in the âhilly hamletâ of Carousel. Since its famous carousel factory shut down, the town has seen better days. Neighbors squabble over local ordinances and thereâs a general malaise in the air. Still, Granite looks forward to a fresh start at a new school, where he plans to try out his new nickname, Granââeasily understood, easily spelled.â His outspoken classmate, Catalina Catalan, however, questions his choice of moniker: âDonât you realize Gran sounds like youâre a grandmother?â Content with just being noticed, Gran considers Catalina a potential friend, and when he sees her open a doorway in a hillside, he joins her in a secret, underground mission. In his latest offering for young readers, Eggers (Her Right Foot) successfully blends the real and the fantastic in unexpected ways as Gran and Catalina face a mysterious, hurricane-like force that thrives from their fellow townspeopleâs sadness and fear. Black-and-white drawings by Renier (Spiral-Bound) lend a retro storybook feel to this cozy contemporary novel about lifting spirits and rebuilding community through teamwork and imagination. Ages 8â12. Authorâs agent: Andrew Wylie, Wylie Agency. Illustratorâs agent: Steven Malk, Writers House.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Dion Graham draws listeners into this quirky tale set in the mysteriously off-kilter town of Carousel. Eggers tries his hand at engaging younger listeners, and Graham aids him greatly in that effort, breathing life into the central character, Gran (short for Granite), and his new pal, Catalina, who enter a secret underground world and seek to shore up Carousel. Graham excels at creating intrigue and suspense as this odd little story unfolds. His ability to depict a host of colorful characters adds a lot to this offbeat work, which is by turns fantastical, whimsical, and allegorical. Some listeners may wonder whether Eggers is a natural at writing for children, and all will enjoy Graham's performance of this story about sadness and the power of community to dispel it. J.C.G. Š AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • LexileÂŽ Measure:720
  • Text Difficulty:3

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