In the Lives of Puppets

New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune invites you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts. Most Anticipated from BookPage ΓÇó Goodreads ΓÇó The Nerd Daily ΓÇó Paste Magazine ΓÇó LitReactor ΓÇó OverDrive ΓÇó LGBTQ Reads ΓÇó more ΓÇ£An enchanting tale of Pinocchio in the end times.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöP. Dj├¿l├¡ Clark In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees,live three robotsΓÇöfatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawsona pleasantly sadistic nurse machineand a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawsona humanlives there too. TheyΓÇÖre a familyhidden and safe. The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labelled ΓÇ£HAPΓÇ¥ he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and GioΓÇôa past spent hunting humans. When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from GioΓÇÖs former life to their whereaboutsthe family is no longer hidden and safe. Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. So togetherthe rest of VicΓÇÖs assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommissionor worsereprogramming. Along the way to save Gioamid conflicted feelings of betrayal and affection for HapVic must decide for himself: Can he accept love with strings attached? Inspired by Carlo Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchioand like Swiss Family Robinson meets Wall-EIn the Lives of Puppets is a masterful stand-alone fantasy adventure from the beloved author who brought you The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door. Γÿà ΓÇ£An epic quest of rescue and discovery [with] the authorΓÇÖs trademark charmheartand bittersweetness.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöLibrary Journalstarred review