“With delightful notes of The Phantom Tollbooth, Villoro’s tale is perfect for any bibliophile…. It has sold over one million copies in Spanish. But will Juan and his new friend Catalina get to The Wild Book before the wicked, story-stealing Pirate Book does?Īn unforgettable adventure story about books, libraries, and the power of reading, The Wild Book is the young readers’ debut by beloved, prize-winning Mexican author Juan Villoro. Then, almost as bad, Juan is sent away to his strange Uncle Tito’s house for the entire break! Who wants to live with an oddball recluse who has zigzag eyebrows, drinks fifteen cups of smoky tea a day, and lives inside a huge, mysterious library?Īs Juan adjusts to his new life among teetering, dusty shelves, he notices something odd: the books move on their own! He rushes to tell Uncle Tito, who lets his nephew in on a secret: Juan is a Princeps Reader, which means books respond magically to him, and he’s the only one who can find the elusive, never-before-read Wild Book.
Thirteen-year-old Juan’s summer is off to a terrible start. It smelled like a creature from a bygone time. Finally, we got to the hallway where the wooden floor was the creakiest, and we sensed a strange whiff of excitement and fear. "We walked toward the part of the library where the air smelled as if it had been interred for years….
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