The Lifters

By Dave Eggers

Two kids uncover a hidden world of tunnels, facing mysterious forces to save their town.

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352 pages

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Twelve-year-old Gran Flowerpetal's life changes when his friend Catalina opens a hidden underground world. As mysterious forces threaten their town, Gran and Catalina must navigate the labyrinthine tunnels. With only luck and discarded hockey sticks, they embark on a daring quest to save their community. Can these young adventurers rise to the challenge and become heroes?

From the publisher

Discover an underground world full of tunnels and mystery in this middle-grade adventure from the bestselling, Pulitzer-nominated author of “Heroes of the Frontier” and “Her Right Foot”. What if nothing was as it seemed? What if the ground beneath your feet was not made of solid earth and stone but had been hollowed into hundreds of tunnels and passageways? What if there were mysterious forces in these tunnels, mere inches below you as you sit in class or eat a banana? What if it were up to just two kids to stop these forces? What would it feel like to know the fate of an entire town rested on your shoulders? Twelve-year-old Granite(Gran) Flowerpetal is about to find out. When Gran’s friend, the difficult-to-impress Catalina Catalan, presses a silver handle into a hillside and opens a doorway underground, he knows that she is extraordinary and brave, and that he will have no choice but to follow her, and help her save the town (and the known world). With luck on their side, and some discarded hockey sticks for good measure, they might just emerge as heroes. In “The Lifters”, critically acclaimed author Dave Eggers establishes himself as a storyteller who can entertain and inspire readers of any age.

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