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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.
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โAn enchanting tale of Pinocchio in the end times.โ โP. Djรจlรญ Clark
In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robotsโfatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. Theyโre a family, hidden and safe.
The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labeled โHAP,โ he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gioโa past spent hunting humans.
When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gioโs former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe. Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. So together, the rest of Vicโs assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommission, or worse, reprogramming.
Along the way to save Gio, amid conflicted feelings of betrayal and affection for Hap, Vic must decide for himself: Can he accept love with strings attached?
Inspired by Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, and like Swiss Family Robinson meets Wall-E, In 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.
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โAn epic quest of rescue and discovery [with] the authorโs trademark charm, heart, and bittersweetness.โ โLibrary Journal, starred review
Praise for TJ Kluneโs previous work: "Like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket." โV.E. SCHWAB โข โVery close to perfect.โ โSEANAN McGUIRE โข โUtterly absorbing.โ โGAIL CARRIGER โข "It will renew your faith in humanity.โ โTERRY BROOKS โข โIt healed me.โ โCASSANDRA KHAW โข โCompassionate.โ โRYKA AOKI
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