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NATIONAL BESTSELLER - In this visionary adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic work, the bestselling author of The Circle "is brilliant at portraying the exuberance and chaos of a young boy's mind and heart" (San Francisco Chronicle).

Max is a rambunctious... Read Full Overview

Although grief is at the forefront of these poems, The Wild Delight of Wild Things is a simple love letter to Turner's late wife, poet Ilyse Kusnetz (1966-2016).

The Wild Things -- based very loosely on the storybook by Maurice Sendak and the screenplay cowritten with Spike Jonze -- is about the confusions of a boy, Max, making his way in a world he can't control. His father is gone, his mother is spending time with a younger... Read Full Overview