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Title	:	The King in the Window
Author	:	Adam Gopnik
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 410 pages
Published	:	October 15th 2006 by Miramax Books (first published October 1st 2005)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction. Childrens

The King in the Window

Adam Gopnik

Paperback | Pages: 410 pages

Rating: 3.6 | 862 Users | 119 Reviews

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Oliver Parker is a ten-year-old American boy miserably trapped in Paris, where his father is stationed as a journalist. Intimidated by his French school and its prickly teachers, oppressed by gray and wintry Paris, and feeling curiously remote from his father-who spends more and more time staring dully into his computer screen--Oliver longs to return to America. But if he has to stay in Paris, Oliver sure wouldn't mind if the elegant and very French little girl down the street, Neige, deigned to notice him. During dinner with his parents one cold January evening, Oliver feels silly wearing the paper crown of an Epiphany-festival French king. That night, looking in the mirror, he sees a boy in an ancient French doublet gazing back at him. The boy, Francois, tells Oliver that he himself is kingly, and that he has a special mission--rescuing souls. Only days later, on a trip to Versailles, Oliver is transported to the French spirit kingdom, ruled over by the fatuous King Louis the Nth. There, the famous playwright Moliere tells Oliver he must deliver France from the forces of the great Egg, who sucks up the spirits of men, women, and children when they look into a mirror of glass or of water. Oliver reluctantly rises to the challenge. Fortunately, he has help--from the can-do American Charlie, who arrives for a visit; from Neige, a Parisian diva in training; and from Mrs. Pearson, a British author and personage who leads a foray straight through Lewis Carroll's looking-glass. Ultimately, Oliver pursues Egg into the underworld-located directly underneath Paris--and realizes he must save not just the world, but all of its souls as well. In a marvelous denouement in which Oliver musttransform Eiffel Tower itself to fight the soulless wraiths, the boy proves himself a true king. The King in the Window is a beautifully written, suspenseful adventure tale in the tradition of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien--an instant classic.

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Original Title:	The King in the Window
ISBN:	0786838949 (ISBN13: 9780786838943)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Oliver Parker, Mrs. Pearson, Charlie, Neige
Literary Awards:	James Tiptree Jr. Award Nominee for Longlist (2005)

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Very intelligent fast-paced book. So many ideas and themes are brought into the story to make it more rich and detailed for the reader. Sometimes, the author can jump ahead of himself and make assumptions without connecting the dots. For instance, early in the book Oliver went to the Louve and found a glass sword which resulted lots of meyhem! Then Oliver thinks to himself, no wonder his teacher told him to stay away from the Louve. Well, she actually said to stay away from tthe King's Sword and

The wonderful part about this book is the feel of Paris and the presence of the past in the present. Racine, Molière, and Richelieu (still adjusting his mayonnaise) are here, and Versailles is really a portal to a different world. The plot is fine, but what I remember is Paris, the dinner with Mrs. Pearson, the clochards, and all the windows.I think the first half of the book was more satisfying and that it loses itself a bit when the American startup guy enters the story. Maybe New York authors



Gopnik, a first-rate writer, should stick to what he does best: funny, intelligent, pseudo-philosophical observations on French culture. In the best parts of this book, he does just that. But witty sidebars do not a fairy tale make, and unfortunately Gopnik doesn't really know how to tell one.

When I was ten, my mother came home with a pretty, gold-wrapped novel that I actually thought was for her at first. She handed it to me, and said she found it *somewhere* (where? I don't know. Still haven't seen it in a book store.) Then she just left me there on the floor with it while she went off to go do some adult stuff, or whatever it is that adults do. Drink champagne and talk about politics? Hell if I know.That was the first time I fell in love. It wasn't one of the characters I fell in

Of all of the children's books I read this summer, this was probably the best. I loved the plot and the sudden, occasional, really insightful thoughts. And the writing style was really nice, though the random (though few) inconsistencies bugged me a bit. And it's just so original. I don't think I've read such an original fantasy novel in years. My only problems: Oliver's lucky guesses as the solution to problems (Deus-ex-machina-esque, although this was more at the beginning) and the easy way

Oliver Parker is a 12-yr-old American boy living in Paris (his father is an overseas journalist). Olivers life is rather drab: his father works all the time, he doesnt have a lot of friends, he finds French school difficult, etc. One night, after a celebration of the Epiphany, Oliver dons a paper crown and glances into a window when he sees the image of a young boy inside the window that is not a reflection of himself. Oliver begins communicating with this boy who calls Oliver the King in the