Clementine H. Hopeful Is Not a Hero
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Book Overview Amid magic and monsters, a queer seventh-grader discovers a world where he can be himself but has to decide if he will fight for it...eve...
Amid magic and monsters, a queer seventh-grader discovers a world where he can be himself but has to decide if he will fight for it...even if it means becoming the villain.
"Clementine's story is part Peter Pan, part Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, part Coraline, and at the same time wholly unique."
--Kirkus Reviews
Clementine has always felt like the villain of his story. Most of the time, he's a socially anxious kid who knows it's not "normal" for a boy to wear pink shoes to school. While he's there, his teachers won't call him by the right name (even though Clementine is a boy's name, if a boy has it), his classmates tease him about his obsessive love for spiders (even though they're beautiful), and he's the only one who can see the floating faces that haunt the surrounding woods.
But all that changes when a boy named Beetle breaks through his bedroom window and warns him about monsters. Soon, Clementine is drawn into a world of magic and imagination. Every night in the woods, everything he and his new friends Beetle, Cricket, and Anise spend hours in a play-pretend world that seems to be seeping into reality. Clementine has never had a friend like Beetle--a boy who teaches him to howl at the moon, who dreams of being a hero and says the whole sky is beautiful while looking right at Clementine and not at the sky at all.
But Clementine wants to use the power fueling their adventures to make things better outside the forest--not later, when he's grown up, but now. And when he discovers the source of the magic, Clementine has to decide: Does he become a hero with Beetle and protect a world that hates him? Or does he finally become the villain, ready to build a new world whatever the cost? In this joyful and uninhibited celebration of imagination, empathy and all things monstrous, debut author Noah Corey tells the story of a queer kid who is exactly and exquisitely himself. This book is a love letter to villains and heroes, and all the ways they make us brave.
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Pages: 352 | Language: English | Publisher: LABYRINTH ROAD | ISBN: 0593906365
FormatHardcover
Pages352
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0593906365
EAN9780593906361
PublisherLABYRINTH ROAD
Publication Date2026-03-17
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Age Group9-12 years
Weight0.9 Pounds
Length8.4 Inches
Width5.7 Inches
Height1.3 Inches
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