Where I Belong

Name: Where I Belong
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Mary Downing Hahn
ISBN: 9798855503081

Author: Mary Downing Hahn

Narrator: Erik Bloomquist

Unabridged: 4 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/11/2024

Categories: Children's Fiction, Fantasy Stories, Horror Stories

Synopsis

No one is kind to sixth-grader Brendan Doyle: his foster mother, his teachers, his classmates, and especially the thugs who bully him. He takes refuge in books, drawing, carving, and daydreaming. When Brendan stumbles upon an old man near his tree house in the Virginia woods, he is quick to believe that this is the magical Green Man, guardian spirit of the forest. Brendan's need to immerse himself in his fantasy world becomes more acute, until he meets a girl with secrets of her own who may just keep his feet on the ground.

About Mary Downing Hahn

Mary Downing Hahn, a former children's librarian, is the award-winning author of many popular ghost stories, including Deep and Dark and Dangerous and The Old Willis Place. An avid reader, traveler, and all-around arts lover, Ms. Hahn lives in Columbia, Maryland, with her two cats, Oscar and Rufus.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kacey

There are some children's books that are universal. Meaning that adults can read them and enjoy them as much as children. Unfortunately, this didn't feel like that kind of book. Another unfortunate thing about this book is how it bears an uncomfortable resemblance to The Bridge to Terebithia. The bo......more

Goodreads review by Melissapalmer404

Book #126 Read in 2014 Where I Belong by Mary Downing Hahn (YA) Brendan is having trouble fitting in at school; he is considered the weird kid. He would rather hang out in the treehouse he built than hang with the other kids. He meets a man who he believes to be the mythical Green Man and Brendan even......more

Goodreads review by Sandy

This book is nothing like the authors other books. Her other books are about ghosts and other scary things. This book was about a young foster boy and how he feels to be outside of everything and being bullied. I loved that Brendan lived somewhere around Roanoke VA and his friend talked about going......more

Goodreads review by Prince William Public Libraries

Where I Belong by Mary Downing Hahn was by far the best book I've ever read it was suspenseful and gave me chills though out the book it was intense in some parts but one of the greatest books I've read. --Isabella A., PWPLS Teen Summer Reader Click here to find the book at the Prince William County......more

Goodreads review by Katy

Several reviews criticized this book because of the main character's "Ayn Rand" philosophy of life, however I thought it was extremely insightful. The author studies and validates the thoughts and dreams of her outsiders (vs the "real Lifers") while acknowledging that this type of behavior often lea......more