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Horror

Imiginary Friend

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  • 2019 first published
  • 720 pages
  • ★ 3.8 (4 ratings)
  • 14 editions
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Stephen Chbosky's Imiginary Friend (2019) is a horror novel. The story is set in Pennsylvania, United States. Characters include Kate Reese, Christopher Reese and Mary Katherine. Readers will find themes of missing persons, parent and child, single mothers and abused women.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, and 106 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 14 editions. It appeared on the New York Times Hardcover Fiction bestseller list in 2019.

At about 720 pages, most readers finish it in 13–14 hours.

About Imiginary Friend

Christopher is seven years old. Christopher is the new kid in town. Christopher has an imaginary friend. We can swallow our fear or let our fear swallow us. Single mother Kate Reese is on the run. Determined to improve life for her and her son, Christopher, she flees an abusive relationship in the middle of the night with her child. Together, they find themselves drawn to the tight-knit community of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania. It's as far off the beaten track as they can get. Just one highway in, one highway out. At first, it seems like the perfect place to finally settle down. Then Christopher vanishes. For six long days, no one can find him. Until Christopher emerges from the woods at the edge of town, unharmed but not unchanged. He returns with a voice in his head only he can hear, with a mission only he can complete: Build a treehouse in the woods by Christmas, or his mother and everyone in the town will never be the same again.
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Awards & lists

  • ✦Locus Awards 2020 — Best Horror Novel (nominee)
  • 📰New York Times bestseller list — Hardcover Fiction, 2019

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

  • Pennsylvania, United States

Characters

  • Kate Reese
  • Christopher Reese
  • Mary Katherine

Subjects

  • Horror
  • Missing persons
  • Parent and child
  • Thrillers
  • Thriller
  • Mystery
  • Fantasy
  • Mystery Thriller
  • Horror Thriller
  • Paranormal
  • Single mothers
  • Abused women
  • Runaway wives
  • Household Moving
  • Small cities
  • Good and evil

Quick answers

Who wrote Imiginary Friend?

Imiginary Friend was written by Stephen Chbosky and first published in 2019.

What genre is Imiginary Friend?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is Imiginary Friend?

The median edition has 720 pages, about 13–14 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Imiginary Friend?

Readers who like it often enjoy Rose Madder, Haunting Adeline and It.

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