The Marbury Lens

By Smith, Andrew

Publishers Summary:
Sixteen-year-old Jack gets drunk and is in the wrong place at the wrong time. He is kidnapped. He escapes, narrowly. The only person he tells is his best friend, Conner. When they arrive in London as planned for summer break, a stranger hands Jack a pair of glasses. Through the lenses, he sees another world called Marbury. There is war in Marbury. It is a desolate and murderous place where Jack is responsible for the survival of two younger boys. Conner is there, too. But he’s trying to kill them. Meanwhile, Jack is falling in love with an English girl, and afraid he’s losing his mind. Conner tells Jack it’s going to be okay.But, it’s not. Andrew Smith has written his most beautiful and personal novel yet, as he explores the nightmarish outer limits of what trauma can do to our bodies and our minds.

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ISBN
978-0-31261-342-6
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on January 1, 2011  |  Grades 5-up

Gr 10 Up—What better way to celebrate an adventure to London than with a going-away party? Sounds good until Jack gets drunk and finds himself at the mercy of a crazed stranger who drugs him and holds him hostage. Readers will cheer when Jack frees himself from the certain death that seems to await him at his captor's home. But once he's out of harm's way, readers—like Jack—will begin to think being chained to the bed of a stranger was so much simpler than ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2010

While visiting London, Jack Whitmore discovers a pair of glasses that transport him to the apocalyptic world of Marbury. There ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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