The Book of Fatal Errors, Dashka Slater
The Book of Fatal Errors, Dashka Slater
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The Book of Fatal Errors

Author: Dashka Slater

Narrator: Kevin R. Free

Unabridged: 8 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/07/2020


Synopsis

Rufus doesn’t just make mistakes—he makes Fatal Errors. Shy and awkward, he feels trapped by his
teasing classmates and their constant laughter. But now it’s summer. Rufus is free. He roams the wildlands
of his grandfather’s mysterious property across town, blissfully unaware of the danger up ahead.

And there is much danger. Rufus and his snooty cousin, Abigail, soon become entangled in the elusive
world of the feylings, mischievous immortal creatures desperate to find their way home. In helping the
feylings, Rufus tumbles down a dark path brimming with age-old secrets and difficult truths. Any move he
makes might be his final fatal error—or perhaps, his most spectacular beginning.

Award-winning author Dashka Slater spins a tale of friendship, family, magic, and eternal life in this
evocative and witty middle-grade fantasy

About Dashka Slater

Award-winning journalist Dashka Slater has written for such publications as The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Salon, and Mother Jones. Her New York Times-bestselling young-adult true crime narrative, The 57 Bus, has received numerous accolades, including the Stonewall Book Award, the California Book Award, and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor. It was a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Finalist and an LA Times Book Award Finalist, in addition to receiving four starred reviews and being named to more than 20 separate lists of the year’s best books, including ones compiled by The Washington Post, the New York Public Library, and School Library Journal. In 2021, The 57 Bus was named to TIME magazine’s list of the 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time. The author of fifteen books of fiction and nonfiction for children and adults, Dashka teaches in Hamline University’s MFA in Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults program. She lives and writes in Oakland, California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Megan

A great middle-grade fantasy about being yourself and learning to advocate for yourself. Loved the world the author created! “Rufus did not hate school, he just hated who he was when he was there.” There were a few ugly truths presented that were not shied away from, which I really appreciated. But......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca

Feylawn has always been an unusual place. Whether it's the eyeglasses that constantly vanish or the power that consistently shuts off, strange things always seem to be happening at Feylawn. One summer, Rufus and his cousin Abigail discover the Feylings, fairy-like creatures that live at Feylawn that......more