The Lightning Jar

The Lightning Jar is about lonely children. It may be more about lonely children than any other book. These children are good at making imaginary friends but have trouble keeping them. For instance, there’s the Morra, who plunges the world into eternal winter. But she also teaches Mons the meaning of love and helps him burn down his house after some Gypsies turn it into a middle school.

Then there’s the Gorbel. Amanda invented it to scare the Guest, but it ended up liking him best. A bit li...