The Most Boring Book Ever
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3.8 • 5 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
An Instant New York Times Bestseller
Listen, this book is boring. We're telling you it's boring. It's in the title of the book—in fact, it's THE MOST BORING BOOK EVER! And created by #1 New York Times bestsellers Brandon Sanderson and Kazu Kibuishi!
Don't peek behind the cover! Don't look at the pictures! And definitely don't follow along with the rip-roaring adventure the boy is experiencing. Stay focused on mundane things like sitting in chairs and doing homework. Any report of dragons or marauding airships is ridiculous! This book is BORING!
"A fantastical adventure." —People Magazine
"Acclaimed best-seller Brandon Sanderson has great fun with The Most Boring Book Ever, which—spoiler alert—is a lot more dangerous and exciting than it pretends to be." —Parade Magazine
"A surefire crowd-pleaser." —Booklist
"In this world, words and pictures collide rather than collaborate—and the result is one wild ride." —Publishers Weekly
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Opening this tongue-in-cheek title, readers will sense that no self-respecting creator would willingly call a book "the most boring ever" without having something up their narrative sleeve. For Sanderson (the Skyward series) and Kibuishi (the Amulet series), that something is the interplay between a deadpan voice, shown in text banners, and action-packed, digitally colored pen-and-ink artwork. As the text kicks off, "A boy sat in a chair," a pale-skinned, redheaded child in an oversize derby perches in a seat that looks like it's been borrowed from the stage set of a Viking epic. But though "sitting in chairs is boring," successive visuals prove otherwise, propelling the boy into the sky, where a dogfight explodes between steampunk-style flying vehicles. Other "boring" activities follow, including bird-watching, thinking about laundry, and contemplating math homework. While no birds are perceived, the youth does encounter a magnificent dragon—red-scaled, yellow-eyed, and toothy—while laundry and math come in handy as he careens among the brightly colored tile roofs of an elaborately drawn town. In this world, words and pictures collide rather than collaborate—and the result is one wild ride. Background characters are portrayed with various skin tones. Ages 4–8. Author's agent: Eddie Schneider, JABberwocky Literary. Illustrator's agent: Judy Hansen, Hansen Literary.
