Half+World

=Half World = **__ Basic Information __** Title: Half World Author: Hiromi Goto Illustrator: Jillian Tamaki Year of Publication: 2009 Publisher: Penguin Group

Half World is a fantasy novel written by Hiromi Goto. One day, when Melanie returns home, she finds out that her mother is missing. Afterward, she receives a weird phone call from a man, who called himself as "Mr. Glueskin", he tells her that her mother has been kidnapped by him. Mr. Glueskin offers Melanie an option that she can save her mother. Therefore, little Melanie goes to a mysterious world called as “Half World”. "Half World" is a world where people enters after death. As she stays in "Half World", she finds out that she is the crucial key to end the endless cycle (repeated life of people which go through dead and reborn). Also, Mr. Glueskin wants to eat her too because she is still alive! And so, what is going to happen to Melanie and could she able to save her mother? This is a story about love and combined with horrors. Hope you enjoy it!
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“Half World is a haunting combination of a coming-of-age novel and a spiritual quest, a mad funhouse of horrors and a tale of redemption and love. Wonderfully odd, and quite unforgettable.” - Neil Gaiman
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