The Daydreamer Paperback Book

An imaginative ten-year-old boy, who is best understood by his family, recounts some of the adventures he has while daydreaming, in a novel by the Booker Prize-winning author of Amsterdam.

From the inexhaustible imagination of Ian McEwan--a master of contemporary fiction--an enchanting work of fiction that appeals equally to children and adults.

First published in England as a children's book, The Daydreamer marks a delightful foray by one of our greatest novelists into a new fictional domain. In these seven exquisitely interlinked episodes, the grown-up protagonist, Peter Fortune, reveals the secret journeys, metamorphoses, and adventures of his childhood. Living somewhere between dream and reality, Peter experiences fantastical transformations: he swaps bodies with the wise old family cat; exchanges existences with a cranky infant; encounters a very bad doll who has come to life and is out for revenge; and rummages through a kitchen drawer filled with useless objects to discover some not-so-useless cream that actually makes people vanish. Finally, he wakes up as an eleven-year-old inside a grown-up body and embarks on the truly fantastic adventure of falling in love. Moving, dreamlike, and extraordinary, The Daydreamer marks yet another imaginative departure for Ian McEwan, and one that adds new breadth to his body of work.

Paperback book from Anchor Books was released January 1, 2000 and has 143 pages.

Ages: 8 & up

Grade Level: 3-4 & up