Chocky
by:
John Wyndham (author)
Matthew's parents are worried. At eleven, he's much too old to have an imaginary friend, yet they find him talking to and arguing with a presence that even he admits is not physically there. Then, when Matthew does something incredible, it seems there is more than the imaginary about Chocky. Who,...
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Matthew's parents are worried. At eleven, he's much too old to have an imaginary friend, yet they find him talking to and arguing with a presence that even he admits is not physically there. Then, when Matthew does something incredible, it seems there is more than the imaginary about Chocky. Who, or what, is Chocky? And what could it want with an eleven-year-old boy?
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Format: Audio CD
ISBN:
9781471245381
Publisher: W.F. Howes Ltd
Edition language: English
That ended in a place I did not expect before I started. It is disquieting indeed, but more from being guilty of emulating the mum than anything else. [spoiler] And because almost every adult involved was ghastly. [/spoiler] I kinda loved that it veered so. I'm discounting a star because this bein...
Chocky tells the story of 12 year old boy, who all of a sudden has an imagenary friend. His parents have to deal with these changed circumstances and they have to ask themselves, if their son is turning mad or if he is possessed by some foreign entity. My second Wyndham and as much as I loved The ...
bookshelves: fraudio, play-dramatisation, sci-fi Read in October, 2009 As it's a national holiday (all saints day 1st november) we've been out raking leaves from the lawns, bringing in stocks from the woodshed, drinking a can in the beer tent and generally agreeing it's blinking great for shop own...
You have a 12 year old son. Everything about him is normal. But one day he starts talking to someone you can't see and starts drawing strange things so complicated you can't understand it. It's a bitter sweet, creepy good, and crazy kind of story. I hope you read it.
Loved this book - so clever and exciting to read when you are a child and have never thought about the possibility of alien visitations before.
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