Disney-based Andrew Panay (Wedding Crashers) will co-produce the feature version of N.D. Wilson’s 100 Cupboards with Beloved Pictures. The story centers on a 12-year-old boy who discovers the old farmhouse he calls home harbors mysterious cupboards leading to worlds and dangers beyond his imagination.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118021888.html?categoryId=4026&cs=1
Book Jacket:
Twelve-year-old Henry York wakes up one night to find bits of plaster in his hair. Two knobs have broken through the wall above his bed and one of them is slowly turning . . .Henry scrapes the plaster off the wall and discovers cupboards of all different sizes and shapes. Through one he can hear the sound of falling rain. Through another he sees a glowing room–with a man pacing back and forth! Henry soon understands that these are not just cupboards, but portals to other worlds.
100 Cupboards is the first book of a new fantasy adventure, written in the best world-hopping tradition and reinvented in N. D. Wilson’s inimitable style.
Critics say:
Well crafted and gratifying. —School Library Journal
The intriguing cover art, title, and premise will suck in readers….The story is chilling, but the creepy quotient never exceeds the book’s target audience. – Booklist
A highly imaginative tale that successfully balances its hero’s inner and outer struggles. Wilson’s writing is fantastical, but works with clever sentences and turns of phrase that render it more than just another rote fantasy. —Kirkus Reviews
You can read an excerpt here:
http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780375838828&view=excerpt
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