The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

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Introduction-Chapter 4

Chapters 5-9

Chapter 10-Epilogue

Character Analysis

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The Graveyard Book (2008) by Neil Gaiman

A boy raised in a cemetery by the ghosts who live there has many supernatural adventures in this #1 New York Times bestselling middle-grade/young-adult novel that won the Newbery and Carnegie Medals. The boy befriends the ghost of a witch, Liza Hempstock, helps improve her gravesite, and learns many useful magics during their friendship. Liza’s presence connects the story to The Ocean at the End of the Lane.

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Max the Mighty (1998) by Rodman Philbrick

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This sequel to the popular middle-grade novel Freak the Mighty follows the troubled teenage giant Max Kane as he helps a friend, Rachel, escape from a stepfather who beats her. Like the narrator in The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Rachel retreats into books when her problems overwhelm her; also like him, she uses things she learns from books to improve her situation.

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