The King in the Window
Oliver Parker, a twelve-year-old American boy living in Paris, is lonelier than he has ever been. Intimidated by his French school and its prickly teachers, and made melancholy by the long, gray winter, Oliver longs for some friends, and maybe even a little adventure. One dark and freezing January night, his wishes are granted. After dinner, Oliver puts on the gold paper crown that came in his Epiphany cake. He looks at himself in the window and instead of his own reflection, he sees an amazing vision -- a boy hovering in front of him, dressed in an ancient French doublet. Clues left behind by this ghostly boy lead Oliver to the palace of Versailles, where he is swept into the French court of the Window Wraiths, spirits who inhabit glass and water, and who have claimed Oliver as their ultimate ruler: The King in the Window.Keywords: YOUNG ADULT FANTASY