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The Wild Things
The Wild Things | Dave Eggers
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Max is a rambunctious eight-year-old, living with his mother and his sister, terrorizing the neighborhood on his bicycle. But Max's world is changing around him: His father is absent and his mother is increasingly distracted. Max's teenage sister is outgrowing him, leaving him alone in favor of her friends. Sad and angry, Max dons his wolf suit and makes terrible, ruinous mischief. Setting off into the night, Max finds a boat and sails away to an island. Here he meets strange and giant creatures. Creatures that rage and break things. Creatures that trample and scream. These monsters do everything Max feels inside! And so, Max appoints himself their king. Here, on a magnificent adventure with the creatures, Max can be the wildest thing of all.In this visionary new novel, Eggers brings an imaginary world vividly to life, filling it with monsters, chaos, and one very real little boy. By turns beautiful and joyful, sorrowful and strange, The Wild Things is an astonishing literary triumph.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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BookDadGirlDad
The Wild Things | Dave Eggers
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My wife has a facebook bookseller from whom we've bought A LOT of books. The Wild Things was one my wife asked me about. I have one other Eggers book and told her to buy it at $4. It sat on our shelf waiting to be cleaned and logged in to librarything. Lo and behold....SIGNED COPY!!!! I love it when that happens. #signedcopy #usedbooksrule #noiwontsellittoyou

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Avanders
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#7Days7Covers #CoverCrush
Day 6.
Post a pic of a book cover you love for 7 days. No explanations.

EH2018 I have the same one! Its so cool! 5y
tessavi Not annoying when holding the book? 5y
LeahBergen Eek! 😆 5y
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erzascarletbookgasm Gasp! 😄 5y
Susanita 😳 5y
Avanders @EH2018 I know I love it! @tessavi not in and of itself.... though I haven‘t yet tried *reading* it.... 😳😜 @LeahBergen @erzascarletbookgasm @susanita 😆😆 5y
tessavi 😆 5y
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SqueakyChu
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So cute! I just reached the part in the story where Max discovers the creatures on the island. Here are pictures of two of them! I definitely have to read Maurice Sendak‘s children‘s book “Where the Wild Things Are” after I read this novel.

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SqueakyChu
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My current read... I knew nothing about this book before starting it except that I‘ve liked other works by this author. So far, so good. It‘s the story of a boy named Max (I‘m still trying to figure out about how old he is) and his life with his mom and his sister Claire.

SqueakyChu I bailed because I got tired of reading about Max and the monsters by the middle of this book. 5y
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mrp27
The Wild Things | Dave Eggers
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#hopintospring #inthewild

Hmm... I'm not sure I want to venture into the wild with this Where The Wild Things Are adaptation. Anyone read it?

RaimeyGallant Nope. 6y
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Oryx
The Wild Things | Dave Eggers
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I think this fur covered book meets the #crazycover criterion. Daisy had a little nibble while I took the pic. #marchintoreading #dogsoflitsy @RealLifeReading

tpixie Crazy cover!! Hi Daisy! 7y
ReadingOver50 Disturbing cover 7y
Lmstraubie Okay, I just keep looking at that sweet puppy face!! I had to go back to notice the cover. 😅🐶 7y
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Lcsmcat 😮 7y
OrangeMooseReads That cover is weird and crazy. 7y
RealLifeReading Awesome in its craziness 7y
GypsyKat Crazy cover! And as always, your dog so such a cutie! 💗 7y
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Hobbinol
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This edition of Dave Eggers' version of The Wild Things was published in 2009. A Huffington post article claimed 2008 as the Year of the Mustache, and beards were soon to follow. This is my first book with facial hair and I was dismayed that it didn't come with its own brush.

#PublishedInThe2000s #ReadJanuary

tpixie Lol 7y
vivastory Too awesome 👍 👏 7y
LeahBergen 😂😂😂 7y
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Ericmanciniwriter The only book I have that I check for lice every few months 7y
BibliophileMomma @Eamann 🤣🤣🤣 7y
CherylDeFranceschi Lily tried to elope with my version one night. Tiny trollop kitty! 7y
Hobbinol @Eamann What👉🏻 @Tiffness83 said❗ 7y
Faibka That is so cool! 👏💕 7y
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Sansa_Stark
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"All I need to know now is if there's anyone on this island who's brave and creative and wild enough to finish this job." ....... "He needed to be that someone." ❤️

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Sansa_Stark
The Wild Things | Dave Eggers

"All I need to know now is if there's anyone on this island who's brave and creative and wild enough to finish this job." ....... "He needed to be that someone." ❤️

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Sansa_Stark
The Wild Things | Dave Eggers

"All I need to know now is if there's anyone on this island who's brave and creative and wild enough to finish this job." ....... "He needed to be that someone." ❤️

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ReadMeAnything1
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Started this today. Liking it so far. Doesn't the picture on the left look like Joffrey?

SarahKay Haha it totally looks like him! 8y
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