Loved itlet's go with planetary pleasure uh not my favorite Windom and it was pretty good the elements of sort of Parental angst almost Panic about the what's happening to their child
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Chocky (1968)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive 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. This presence - Chocky - causes Matthew to ask difficult questions and say startling things: he speaks of complex mathematics and mocks human progress. Then, when Matthew does something incredible, it seems there is more than the imaginary about Chocky. Which is when others become interested and ask questions of their own: who is Chocky? And what could it want with an eleven-year-old boy?
- ISBN:
- 9781590178522
- Length:
- 184 pages
Genres: science fiction
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Loved itI really like that about John W's wring style I know some people don't enjoy that I think it's good I really enjoy it and I think this book is great and really worth checking out even if you're not really into science fiction