The Lost Library

The New York Times bestselling authors of Bob, Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass, introduce readers to a little free library guarded by a cat & a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps.

When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears overnight in the small town of Martinville, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change.

Evan & his best friend Rafe quickly discover a link between one of the old books & a long-ago event that none of the grown-ups want to talk about. The two boys start asking questions whose answers will transform not only their own futures, but the town itself.

Told in turn by a ghost librarian named Al, an aging (but beautiful) cat named Mortimer, & Evan himself, The Lost Library is a timeless story from award-winning authors Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass. It’s about owning your truth, choosing the life you want, & the power of a good book (and, of course, the librarian who gave it to you).

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Rebecca Stead is the New York Times bestselling author of When You Reach Me, Liar & Spy, First Light, Goodbye Stranger, Bob, and, most recently, The List of Things That Will Not Change. Her books have been awarded the Newbery Medal, the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Fiction and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. Rebecca lives in New York City, where she is always on the lookout for her next story idea.