Download or read book The Book of Lost Things written by John Connolly and published by Hodder Paperbacks. This book was released on 2006 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Once upon a time, there was a boy who lost his mother . . .' As twelve-year-old David takes refuge from his grief in the myths and fairytales so beloved of his dead mother, he finds the real world and the fantasy world begin to blend. That is when bad things start to happen. That is when the Crooked Man comes. And David is violently propelled into a land populated by heroes, wolves and monsters, his quest to find the legendary Book of Lost Things.