In this debut novel, Charley Sutherland, for his entire life, has concealed a magical ability he can't quite control: he can bring characters from books into the real world. But when storybook characters start causing trouble in his city, making threats about destroying the world - it isn't Charley's doing. There's someone else who shares his powers and it's up to Charley to stop them before these characters tear apart the fabric of reality. A Dewey Diva Pick.