Alongside Roland, David helps defeat a monstrous Beast to save a village. He also meets a soldier named Roland, who he agrees to accompany on his search for his friend Raphael. The Woodsman protects David from the wolves, but after crossing a canyon, David sees him dragged away into the forest and believes him to be dead.Īs David continues towards the king’s castle, he meets several other characters, such as a feisty group of dwarves, their gluttonous roommate, Snow White, and a sick-minded huntress who fuses the heads of children to the bodies of animals. As they begin their journey, they are pursued by Loups, creatures that are half men and half wolves. There, David the Woodsman, the forest caretaker, who explains that David’s best chance at returning home is to journey to the king’s castle and consult his magical Book of Lost Things for answers. He follows her voice through a crack in the garden wall and finds himself emerging from a tree trunk into another world that he calls Elsewhere. One night, after arguing with Rose, David hears his mother’s voice calling to him from the sunken garden outside his room. He also experiences many blackouts and “waking dreams” (48), in which he hears his mother’s voice and sees a dark forest, a castle, and a hunched figure he calls the Crooked Man.

Since his mother’s death, David has heard his books whispering to him. Jonathan and his younger adopted sister, Anna, both disappeared as children. David learns from Rose that Jonathan used to live in the same room that David now occupies. When his half-brother, Georgie, is born, David feels neglected by his father and resentful of the attention Rose and Georgie have taken away from him.ĭavid turns to books as a means of comfort and escape, and in his attic room, discovers a collection of old fairytale stories that once belonged to a boy named Jonathan Tulvey. Amid World War II, they move into Rose’s country house to escape the wartime dangers of London and prepare for the arrival of the baby. His father starts dating a woman named Rose, and he soon tells David that Rose is pregnant. When 12-year-old David’s mother dies, he struggles to accept her death as well as the many changes it brings to his life.

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