With over one million copies sold in Spanish, Mexican literary legend
Juan Villoro's The Wild Book is a fantastical homage to libraries, in
which a boy is sent to live with his kooky, book-obsessed uncle in a
library where books have supernatural powers and adventure lies behind
every cover.
Thirteen-year-old Juan's summer is off to a terrible start. First, his
parents separate. 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?
As 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. But will Juan
and his new friend Catalina get to The Wild Book before the wicked,
story-stealing Pirate Book does?
An unforgettable adventure story about books, libraries, and the power
of reading, The Wild Book is the instant-classic young readers' debut
by beloved, prize-winning Mexican author Juan Villoro.