![]() ![]() But it's her sarcastic, nerdy individualism with a hint of buried sweetness that will make readers want to spend more time with her. ![]() Co-Author, Rob Reger says the book maps new territory inside the mind of his popular character. Written in a diary format, it opens with Emily attempting to recover her memory and regain her sense of style. Emily's diary-style narrative includes plenty of lists and her verbal quirks ("Flathering bogyarks") are amusing. The first HarperCollins novel, Emily the Strange: The Lost Days, was released in June 2009. She gleans clues to her identity (such as an affinity for fixing machines) and gets caught up in a power struggle over control of the town, before discovering her connection to Blackrock (with some missteps and memory-related restarts along the way). Designed to look like Emily's ever-present notebook, the book opens as the 13-year-old finds herself in the very beige town of Blackrock, with no memories of who she is, how she got there or if she has any family ("Got myself so worked up into fake-missing people who might not even exist that I even cried a little fake tear"). Merchandising icon Emily the Strange no stranger to T-shirts, accessories and Hot Topic stores becomes much more three-dimensional in this novel from creator Reger and coauthor Gruner (the pair has also written Emily comic books). ![]()
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