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by Tj Klune

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A NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND INDIE BESTSELLER!

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.

Most Anticipated from BookPage - Goodreads - The Nerd Daily - Paste Magazine - LitReactor - OverDrive - LGBTQ Reads - Tor.com - LibraryReads - more

"An enchanting tale of Pinocchio in the end times." --P. Djl Clark

In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots--fatherly 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. They're a family, hidden and safe.

The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labeled "HAP," he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio-a past spent hunting humans.

When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio's 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 Vic's 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.

★ "An epic quest of rescue and discovery [with] the author's trademark charm, heart, and bittersweetness." --Library Journal, starred review

Praise for TJ Klune's previous work: "Like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket." --V.E. SCHWAB - "Very close to perfect." --SEANAN McGUIRE - "Utterly absorbing." --GAIL CARRIGER - "It will renew your faith in humanity." --TERRY BROOKS - "It healed me." --CASSANDRA KHAW - "Compassionate." --RYKA AOKI

Other TPG Books by TJ Klune

The Cerulean Chronicles
The House in the Cerulean Sea
Somewhere Beyond the Sea

The Green Creek Series
Wolfsong
Ravensong
Heartsong
Brothersong

Standalones
The Bones Beneath My Skin
Under the Whispering Door
In the Lives of Puppets
We Burned So Bright
Murmuration
Into This River I Drown
How to Be a Normal Person

BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS
The Extraordinaries Series
The Extraordinaries
Flash Fire
Heat Wave

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  • Title In the Lives of Puppets
  • Author Tj Klune
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Tor Books
  • Publication date 2023-04-25
  • Features Dust Cover
  • ISBN 9781250217448 / 125021744X
  • Weight 1.08 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.5 in (21.08 x 14.48 x 3.81 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Gay
    • Topical: Lgbt
  • Category Fiction - Fantasy
  • Library of Congress subjects Gay men, Fantasy fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2022054104
  • Dewey Decimal Code 813.6

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Citations

  • Booklist, 03/15/2023, Page 41
  • Library Journal, 01/01/2023, Page 72
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/30/2023, Page 0
  • Shelf Awareness, 04/28/2023, Page 0

About the author

TJ KLUNE is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, Under the Whispering Door, In the Lives of Puppets, the Extraordinaries series for teens, and more. Being queer himself, Klune believes it's important--now more than ever--to have accurate, positive queer representation in stories.
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