Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close PB
Penguin Books
Nine year old Oskar Blum is an inventor amateur entomologist Francophile letter writer pacifist natural historian percussionist romantic Great Explorer jeweller detective vegan and collector of butterflies Beatles memorabilia state quarters miniature cacti and coral When his father is killed in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center his inward journey towards some kind of peace takes him on an odyssey through the five boroughs of New York as he attempts to solve the mystery of a key he discovers in his father s closet
