Abarat

July 25, 2005 | 1 Comments

Clive Barker’s Books of Abarat series is quite amazing. I’ve been a big fan of Barker’s for ages and was a bit skeptical when I found out he was planning to write and illustrate a book for young audiences. I thought it might be a bit too “out there.”

Well, it’s out there, that’s for sure. But it’s also very engaging and entertaining tale. Barker’s imagination is amazing and his abilities as a visual storyteller really blow me away. The prose is dripping with imagery and the illustrations are beautiful. These books are probably some of the best I’ve ever read at putting the reader into the story.

A quick overview from Amazon should give you an idea of what they’re about:

Candy Quackenbush is growing up in Chickentown, Minnesota, yearning for more—which she finds, quite unexpectedly, when a man with eight heads appears from nowhere in the middle of the prairie, being chased by something really monstrous. And so begins Candy’s epic adventure to the islands of the Abarat. Peopled by all manner of creatures, cultures, and customs, the islands should prove a fertile setting for the series that Barker is calling The Books of Abarat. Candy is an intelligent and likable heroine, and the many supporting characters are deftly drawn, both in words and in the full-color interior art that Barker has produced to give the story an extra dimension.

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Comments

1. Stephanie said:

Clive Barkers series called “Abarat” is the series that i ever wanted to read in my whole life time!!! i cant wait till his 3rd book comes out so i can read it!!!! Clive Barker is the best author in the whole wide world. and his series’s r the best too!!! he makes all of the cachters in the story come to life and u have everyones feelings in the story that r happing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =)

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