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This “clever opener likely to leave readers breathless both with laughter and anticipation” (u003ciu003eKirkus Reviewsu003c/iu003e, starred review) is the first in the u003ciu003eNew York Timesu003c/iu003e bestselling series from the author of the Half Upon a Time trilogy.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eLife is boring when you live in the real world, instead of starring in your own book series. Owen knows that better than anyone, what with the real world’s homework and chores.u003cbru003e u003cbru003eBut everything changes the day Owen sees the impossible happen—his classmate Bethany climb out of a book in the library. It turns out Bethany’s half-fictional and has been searching every book she can find for her missing father, a fictional character.u003cbru003e u003cbru003eBethany can’t let anyone else learn her secret, so Owen makes her a deal: All she has to do is take him into a book in Owen’s favorite Kiel Gnomenfoot series, and he’ll never say a word. Besides, visiting the book might help Bethany find her father…u003cbru003e u003cbru003e…Or it might just destroy the Kiel Gnomenfoot series, reveal Bethany’s secret to the entire world, and force Owen to live out Kiel Gnomenfoot’s final (u003ciu003everyu003c/iu003e final) adventure.