Confessions of an Imaginary Friend
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
Jacques Papier thinks that everyone hates him. After all, teachers ignore him when he raises his hand in class, nobody ever picks him for sports teams, and his sister, Fleur, keeps having to remind their parents to set a place for him at the dinner table. But then Jacques discovers an uncomfortable truth: He is NOT Fleur's brother; he's her imaginary friend! And so begins Jacques' quest for identity … what do you do when you realise that the only reason you exist is because of someone else's imagination?
The whimsical "autobiography" of an imaginary friend who doesn't know he's imaginary - perfect for fans of Toy Story, The Imaginary and Moone Boy.
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This wise and funny (faux) memoir begins with eight-year-old narrator Jacques Papier admitting that he is baffled by his unpopularity. It isn't that he's picked last for kickball he isn't picked at all. Teachers ignore him, bus drivers close the door in his face, his own dog growls at him. Luckily Jacques's twin sister, Fleur, loves him unconditionally. A playground encounter with a roller-skating cowgirl only Jacques can see forces a harsh reckoning he isn't Fleur's brother; he's her imaginary friend. One day he was a boy, the next he is "what? Ethereal? Intangible? Invisible?" In one of many hilarious scenes, he joins a support group, Imaginaries Anonymous, whose leader, Stinky Sock, invites Jacques to tell the group why he is there. "I'm not actually here. That's why I'm... here," says Jacques. In the same way that Toy Story 2 imagined an afterlife for the playthings kids outgrow, Cuevas's novel brimming with metaphors, gorgeous imagery, and beautiful turns of phrase considers the fate of devoted but invisible companions. Have tissues on hand for the bittersweet ending. Ages 9 12.
