cover image ABARAT

ABARAT

Clive Barker, . . HarperCollins, $6.99 (431pp) ISBN 978-0-06-059637-8

Candy Quackenbush travels from Chickentown, Minn., to a fantastic otherworld of unbelievable characters, including the Lord of Midnight, Christopher Carrion. "The author's imagination runs wild as he conjures some striking imagery." (Barker's surreal illustrations are not included in this paperback.) Ages 10-up. (Sept.)