Cardboard Castles in the Sky
Langue : anglais
Edité par Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp, 2026
- Livre broché
- Neuf
Vendeur : PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Royaume-UniPBShop.store UK
Vendeur AbeBooks depuis 11 juin 1999
Etat: Neuf
EUR 10,14
Quantité disponible : Plus de 20 disponibles
Ajouter au panierItem description from seller
New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
N° de réf. du vendeur L2-9798193072508
- Titre
- Cardboard Castles in the Sky
- Auteur
- Friend
- Éditeur
- Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
- Année de publication
- 2026
- État de l'article
- New
- Reliure
- PAP
- Langue
- anglais
- ISBN à 13 chiffres
- 9798193072508
- Poids de l'article
- 118 grammes
Seven-year-old twins Teddy and Shirley once believed the world was small enough to fit above their parents’ candy store. But after a terrible accident leaves them orphaned, they are sent to live on a lonely Missouri farm with relatives who offer little comfort and even less kindness.
Then, beyond the weeds and crooked stones of an old forgotten graveyard, the twins discover a hidden world beneath the earth—a place of glowing tunnels, painted skies, impossible rooms, and strange creatures who are not nearly as frightening as they first appear.
There they meet Quasi, shy and gentle; Francis, a great silent figure with two hearts; Hi-Low, a bickering two-headed bird; Lucie, the red-faced chief with a tender soul; and Father Time himself. In this secret world, Teddy and Shirley find laughter, wonder, friendship, and something they thought they had lost forever: a family.
But childhood is fragile, and magic has rules. When love breaks one of those rules, Teddy and Shirley must face a choice between the painful world above and the extraordinary family waiting below.
Warm, strange, funny, dark, and deeply heartfelt, Cardboard Castles in the Sky is an old-fashioned children’s fantasy about grief, imagination, belonging, and the hidden places where lonely hearts are finally seen.
For every child who ever felt forgotten—and for every grown-up who remembers what it was like to believe.
JR Friend’s voice is warm, old-fashioned, and deeply sincere, with the feeling of a storyteller speaking directly to the child inside the reader. His style blends gentle humor, strange imagination, and emotional honesty. He has a gift for taking characters who might seem frightening or forgotten—monsters, orphans, lonely children, wounded souls—and revealing the tenderness hidden beneath their surface.
His writing carries the charm of classic children’s literature, but with darker emotional undertones: grief, abandonment, fear, cruelty, and the ache of wanting to belong. Rather than treating imagination as escape, JR treats it as a form of survival—a doorway through which children can find love when the ordinary world has failed them.
There is an innocence in his storytelling, but not naivety. His worlds are playful and magical, filled with odd creatures, funny conversations, and impossible places, yet they are grounded by real emotional pain. That contrast gives his work its special power: the strange becomes gentle, the frightening becomes lovable, and the forgotten become family.
The book’s film value rests on several adaptation strengths: a memorable title, a compact and emotional central story, two child leads, a found-family ensemble of creature characters, comic set pieces such as Hi-Low and the baseball game, and a bittersweet ending with franchise potential. The final glimpse of another realm, a winged child, and a newborn silver dragon naturally opens the door to a broader Paladin Children’s Universe without requiring the first story to feel incomplete.
In tone, the ideal adaptation would be tender, strange, and emotionally sincere rather than loud or overly modern. The story should not be treated as a conventional monster comedy. Its magic comes from the contrast between sorrow and wonder: the children are not escaping reality because they are bored; they are entering imagination because the real world has failed them. That emotional truth is what could make the film memorable.
For producers, the project may be positioned as a family fantasy with classic appeal, creature-driven visual identity, and cross-generational emotion. For readers and viewers, it offers something simple and lasting: the belief that forgotten children may still find a door, and that even monsters can become home.
« Synopsis » peut appartenir à une autre édition de cet ouvrage.
PBShop.store UK
Fairford, GLOS, Royaume-Uni
Vendeur AbeBooks depuis 11 juin 1999
Frais d'expédition de Royaume-Uni vers Etats-Unis
| Article | 10 à 20 jours ouvrés | 10 à 20 jours ouvrés |
|---|---|---|
| Premier article | EUR 3,83 | EUR 3,83 |
Modes de paiement
Description de la boutique
**Please note our transit times are from the date of dispatch.** We first started out as “The Paperback Exchange,” a chain of physical bookstores where we would part exchange your beloved books for new stories to transport you to faraway places. However, as shopping started to evolve to online shops and marketplaces, we bid our stores goodbye to become “PBShop.” This transition has only allowed us to blossom as we now ship thousands of titles to book lovers across the globe. We pride ourselves in being a community of local book lovers which allows our passion and devotion to shine in everything we do. In 2020 we not only celebrated our 20th birthday but our 1st birthday as being completely employee owned after becoming an E.O.T in September 2019. We are proud to be different and embrace standing apart on a book mountain by working from a virtual inventory which allows us to provide thousands of books that may be difficult to get for your bookshelf or your studies. Working with a number of different suppliers allows us to explore other avenues such as puzzles, sheet music and even stationery so we really do have something for everyone. Life is about being versatile in all realms of existence. If this is your first purchase with us, or you are a returning customer, we would like to welcome you to the PBShop family, for there is no friend as loyal as a book. We are a company who put our customers at the centre of everything we do as we understand the importance of reading because once you learn to read, you will forever be free. There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours that we are yet to explore, which is why we will forever inspire curious minds.…
Spécialité
Hardbacks, PaperbacksProfil professionnel du vendeur
Pbshop.co.uk
Unit 22 Horcott Industrial Estate, Horcott Road
Fairford, Royaume-Uni GL7 4BX
Conditions de vente
Returns Policy
We ask all customers to contact us for authorisation should they wish to return their order. Orders returned without authorisation may not be credited.
If you wish to return, please contact us within 14 days of receiving your order to obtain authorisation.
Returns requested beyond this time will not be authorised.
Our team will provide full instructions on how to return your order and once received our returns department will process your refund.
Please note the cost to return any unwanted order to us is borne by the buyer.
Should your order arrive damaged, not as advertised or faulty, we must be advised of this within 14 days of delivery. Please contact us so we can find the best solution for you.
Our Customer Care Team can be contacted by emailing alborders@paperbackshop.co.uk, or by calling our UK Office on +441285 712 917. We are available 9:00am till 5:30pm GMT Monday to Friday.
Droit de rétractation
Si vous êtes un consommateur, vous pouvez exercer votre droit de rétractation sur le contrat conformément à ce qui suit. Le mot « consommateur » désigne toute personne physique agissant à des fins qui n'entrent pas dans le cadre de son activité commerciale, artisanale ou professionnelle.
Informations concernant le droit de rétractation
Droit statutaire de rétractation
Vous avez le droit d'exercer votre droit de rétractation sur ce contrat dans les 14 jours sans donner de raison.
Le délai de rétractation expirera au bout de 14 jours à compter du jour où vous-même, ou un tiers autre que le transporteur et désigné par vous, prendrez physiquement possession de la dernière marchandise, du dernier lot ou de la dernière pièce.
Pour exercer votre droit de rétractation, remplissez électroniquement et envoyez une déclaration claire sur notre site Web, sous « Vos achats » dans « Votre compte ». Nous vous communiquerons sans délai un accusé de réception de cette rétractation sur un support durable (par exemple, par e-mail).
Pour respecter le délai de rétractation, il vous suffit d'envoyer votre message concernant l'exercice de votre droit de rétractation avant l'expiration du délai de rétractation.
Effets de la rétractation
Si vous exercez votre droit de rétractation sur ce contrat, nous vous rembourserons tous les paiements que vous avez effectués, y compris les frais de livraison (à l'exception des frais supplémentaires résultant du choix d'un mode de livraison autre que le type de livraison standard le moins cher que nous proposons).
Nous pouvons déduire du remboursement la perte de valeur de toute marchandise livrée, si la perte est le résultat d'une manipulation inutile de votre part.
Nous effectuerons le remboursement dans les meilleurs délais, et au plus tard 14 jours après le jour où nous aurons été informés de votre décision d'exercer votre droit de rétractation sur ce contrat.
Nous effectuerons le remboursement en utilisant le même moyen de paiement que celui que vous avez utilisé pour la transaction initiale, sauf si vous en avez expressément convenu autrement ; en tout état de cause, aucuns frais ne vous seront facturés à la suite d'un tel remboursement.
Nous pouvons suspendre le remboursement jusqu'à ce que nous ayons reçu les marchandises ou que vous ayez fourni la preuve que vous avez renvoyé les marchandises, en fonction de la première éventualité.
Vous devez renvoyer les marchandises ou les remettre à PBShop.store UK, Fairford, United Kingdom, +44 1285 712917, sans retard injustifié et, en tout état de cause, au plus tard 14 jours à compter du jour où vous nous avez communiqué votre décision de rétractation du présent contrat. Le délai est respecté si vous renvoyez les marchandises avant l'expiration du délai de 14 jours. Vous devrez prendre en charge les frais directs du renvoi des marchandises. Vous n'êtes responsable que de toute diminution de valeur des marchandises résultant d'une manipulation autre que celle nécessaire pour établir la nature, les caractéristiques et le fonctionnement des marchandises.
Exceptions au droit de rétractation
Le droit de rétractation ne s'applique pas à ce qui suit :
- Distribution de journaux, de revues ou de magazines, à l'exception des contrats d'abonnement ; et
- Fourniture d'un contenu numérique qui n'est pas fourni sur un support matériel (par exemple, sur un CD ou un DVD) si vous avez accepté, lors de votre commande, que nous puissions commencer à le livrer et que vous ne puissiez pas exercer votre droit de rétractation une fois la livraison commencée.
Conditions d'expédition
Orders are shipped from our UK warehouse. Delivery thereafter is between 4 and 14 business days. Please contact us if you have any queries about our services or products.