The Imaginary, by A.F. Harrold
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The Imaginary, by A.F. Harrold
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Rudger is Amanda Shuffleup's imaginary friend. Nobody else can see Rudger--until the evil Mr. Bunting arrives at Amanda's door. Mr. Bunting hunts imaginaries. Rumor has it that he even eats them. And now he's found Rudger.
Soon Rudger is alone, and running for his imaginary life. He needs to find Amanda before Mr. Bunting catches him--and before Amanda forgets him and he fades away to nothing. But how can an unreal boy stand alone in the real world?
In the vein of Coraline, this gripping take on imaginary friends comes to life in a lush package: beautiful illustrations (10 in full color) by acclaimed artist Emily Gravett, a foiled and debossed case cover, printed endpapers, and deckled page edges.
The Imaginary, by A.F. Harrold- Amazon Sales Rank: #230821 in Books
- Brand: Harrold, A. F./ Gravett, Emily (ILT)
- Published on: 2015-03-03
- Released on: 2015-03-03
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.14" h x .85" w x 6.20" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 224 pages
From School Library Journal Gr 4–7—This inventive mix of humor and suspense starts with the amusing appearance of Amanda's imaginary friend, Rudger. Their summer of make-believe adventures quickly darkens, though, when Mr. Bunting shows up. He's a grown-up who can not only see "Imaginaries" like Rudger, but also eats them to prolong his own life. After a narrow escape from Bunting and his creepy sidekick, a girl who's also an Imaginary, the narrative shifts from Amanda to Rudger. The boy discovers a secret library full of other imaginary people and creatures, then finds his way back to Amanda for a final confrontation with Bunting. The premise of the Imaginaries is unveiled nicely, with a plot that's never predictable. The author is equally adept at depicting lighthearted characterizations and scenes that are truly scary. Gravett's illustrations provide excellent support for the story, ranging from black-and-white spot art to full-page images, along with several full-color spreads. Some are fun, while others are chilling, such as the series of images that uses alternating all-black pages to lead into a harrowing portrait of the evil Imaginary girl, staring right at Amanda as she tries to hide. The eerie moments never overwhelm the larger story, though, and questions about the power and limits of imagination provide some food for thought amid the action. VERDICT A great choice for readers who like fantastic tales with a dose of true scariness.—Steven Engelfried, Wilsonville Public Library, OR
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“Harrold offers an appealingly childcentric world with hefty doses of scare and malevolence. . . . Gravett's several double-page, full-color illustrations, along with lively margin drawings, sweetly blend the real with the imaginary, giving Amanda and Rudger appealing personality--and deliver chills in the form of Mr. Bunting and his own dreadfully spooky imaginary companion. Wonderfully entertaining.” ―starred review, Kirkus Reviews
“[An] inventive mix of humor and suspense. . . . The author is equally adept at depicting lighthearted characterizations and scenes that are truly scary. Gravett's illustrations provide excellent support for the story. . . A great choice for readers who like fantastic tales with a dose of true scariness.” ―starred review, School Library Journal
“Emily Gravett's delicate illustrations (and dazzling cover art) . . . capture the motion of Amanda and Rudger's adventures, but the tranquility of play too. . . . For all its flirtations with danger, 'The Imaginary' is most affecting and lovely when describing powerful relationships -- the ones we need and the ones we want, and how this shifts, surprising us, over the course of our lives.” ―The New York Times Book Review
“Echoes of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and Toy Story can be detected in Harrold's (the Fizzlebert Stump books) eerie standalone fantasy. . . . Harrold's story moves along at a steady clip, thanks to some very tense sequences and Gravett's typically polished illustrations, which feature spikes of lurid color and haunting imagery.” ―Publishers Weekly
“Gravett's full color double-page spreads are magnificent in their capture of the otherworldly tone of the novel. . . The buoyancy and joy in the scenes where Amanda and Rudger take a few ordinary objects and dream up whole worlds of entertainment may have readers wishing they had such a perfect friend.” ―BCCB
“[A] nuanced exploration of the relationship between imagination and memory. . . . Gravett's illustrations use transparency and opacity, color and black-and-white to indicate how real everyone in a scene is to everyone else.” ―The Horn Book Magazine
“[A] winningly whimsical celebration of the imagination, beautifully enhanced by both black-and-white and full-color illustrations by Kate Greenaway Medal–winning Gravett. Together, the text and pictures make this a very real treat.” ―Booklist
About the Author
A.F. Harrold is an English author and poet who writes and performs for adults and children. He is the owner of many books, a handful of hats, a few good ideas, and one beard. He lives in Reading, England with a stand-up comedian and two cats. Visit him online at www.afharrold.co.uk.Emily Gravett is the author and illustrator of numerous children's books, including Wolves, winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor Award for Illustration; and Orange Pear Apple Bear, a Quills Award finalist and a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year. Emily lives in Brighton, England, with her partner, their daughter, and the family dog.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful. I wish the Trunchbull would hurl Rudger into non-existence. By Armando N. Roman I hate to be “that guy” here, and be the first one to not give this book 4 or 5 stars, but even 2 chapters into this book, I couldn’t figure out how it was getting such positive feedback. Halfway through, I felt like a kid reading a required book for school that wasn’t good at all. And near the end, I debated on just skipping to the final chapter and getting it over with. There is nothing about The Imaginary that hasn’t been done before…except the books that have done it before, have done it better. I’m almost insulted that it’s compared to The Witches, by Roald Dahl, on the back of the book.Amanda is a young girl with an imaginary friend, Rudger. The two of them spend most of their time playing together at home, going on adventures, and they live with Amanda’s mom. One day, a strange old man, Mr. Bunting, comes to her home, claiming he’s doing a survey. He’s quickly shooed away, but Amanda saw someone else with him- a skinny, pale girl with long black hair and very dark eyes. Her mom didn’t seem to notice the girl for some reason. We soon find out that he’s on the look out for imaginary friends, and the reason why he’s after them isn’t very good for anyone other than himself. Soon, Amanda and Rudger are separated, and he’s left to fend for himself.When you read the plot summary for The Imaginary, it sounds good; that’s why I gave it a chance. The key problems are that it has dull characters and the whole middle section of the book is boring filler. I’m not ruining anything by saying that Amanda and Rudger get separated not long into the book, because the prologue gives away what may or may not have happened to her. When it finally happened, I didn’t care. She doesn’t do much aside from boss Rudger around, rarely listening to anything he has to say, and that’s about it. Later on when Rudger is with another kid, he brings up how much better Amanda is. Maybe it’s Stockholm Syndrome. Rudger on the other hand, has even less personality than Al Gore. There were a grand total of three things he said or did that weren’t him just agreeing with what someone else said, going along with what someone else wanted to do, or included him being forced into something. If Amanda’s imagination came up with this, of all things, for an imaginary friend, I can’t figure out how she had such great imagination the [few] adventures they had were described. If asked to name 3 personality traits for Rudger, I’d be silent, because he didn’t have any. Mr. Bunting and his cohort seemed like they had potential when they were introduced, but his annoying way of talking and her one dimensional-ness lasted throughout.Once Amanda and Rudger get separated, the book becomes so boring that it’s crazy. Why did I keep on reading? Because I had a tiny bit of hope that something good was going to happen eventually. When I got to the last 3 pages of the second-to-last chapter, my hopes were crushed. Several plot points that should have been explained, one involving mirrors, weren’t. I also couldn’t help but notice how the author loves to describe the way people are talking. Like if someone asked a question in a certain way, he’d describe it in great detail…75% of the time. Oddly enough, not much work went into the way characters were actually talking, and very rarely did he end a sentence from their dialogue with anything other than a period. When one character is in big trouble near the end, someone else is screaming, but each thing they say loses any sense of urgency because everything ends with a period. I get that I have an advance copy and this -could- be changed, but if it was left like this for an advance copy, after being edited who knows how many times before in previous drafts, I don’t see it happening. I also wasn’t a fan of the story trying to change the pace by having different “sections”, bullets breaking up if something was happening to Amanda, then switching to Rudger. It works at first, admittedy, but later on it may as well have been told like a regular story since a lot of the time, certain characters would be right next to each other, and yet the sections were treated like they were all in vastly different areas.There are two positive things that kept it from getting 1 star for me. The first being that it doesn’t completely follow the steps of very similar works (Coraline by Neil Gaiman, which is mentioned on the back, immediately came to mind more than once). Normally, any story about a child getting into some supernatural situation follows the same plot, is predictable from start to finish, and ends the same way. The Imaginary, thankfully, didn’t do any of this for the most part. The other pro is something I can’t talk about much, since it’s a major plot point, and it has to do with a key character that’s waiting for something. This character is the kind that I’m a sucker for- the old, reliable character that still has it in him to give it his all, and show everyone that he’s still capable. Once they were introduced and spoke their first couple lines of dialogue, I finally felt something for someone in the book, and sure enough, this was the only character I cared about.For what it’s worth, I still love a lot of books I read as a kid, especially those when I was in 5th and 6th grade like a lot of Roald Dahl’s work, Where the Red Fern Grows, The Black Pearl, weird tales from Bruce Coville and more. The Imaginary is something that, had it been around back then, I’m sure I’d feel the same way I do now. The book is full of itself, with this forced poem about remembering in the beginning, and features art that’s nothing special but at least makes it so there’s less to read through most of the time. Finishing The Imaginary, I felt the same relief that you get right after you throw up. Maybe I’ll feel better if I read The Witches again now.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Fun book but might be a little harsh for a sensitive child to read By iiiireader I lived the book and really enjoyed the illustrations, especially the way they were placed throughout the pages in different spots. The story about imaginary friends was interesting; however, I was a little concerned that parts of it were a trifle too scarey. I would be afraid to read it to some children as I think it could cause nightmares. Mr. Bunting is an evil bad guy and his imaginary friend is quite scarey, too. I would be careful which child I read this to or gave it to to read on their own.If the child you have in mind is not quite so sensitive, then they would probably enjoy the story about a young lady and her imaginary boy friend (not to be confused with boyfriend!)
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. A Book for Really Sparkly Kids By Word Lover "These are the children," Emily said, pointing to the photos, "who need Friends, or who want Friends, or who don't have enough imagination to think one up. It's a rare kid who can do that, it takes a really sparkly one." If you know that kind of sparkly kid, and he or she happens to be between the ages of 8 and 12, he or she will adore IMAGINARY, A.F. Harold's witty tale of Amanda Shufflup and her almost-real friend Rudger.This book truly qualifies as children's literature, with sentences worthy of fine adult fiction. For example: "It was like walking into a cartoon after spending a day in a black-and-white French film." But happily, this is a kids' book, with illustration by Emily Gravett, a winner of many awards. Her drawings recall the whimsy of Maurice Sendak. Also fortunately, A.F. Harold's plot about friendship, memory, loss and imagination is gripping, with the right balance of humor and suspense.
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