Furthermore

Tahereh Mafi

Aug 2016 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

This captivating and colorful adventure that reads like a modern day fairy tale, from the bestselling author of the Shatter Me series is the perfect gift!

"Brimming with color and magic." —New York Times Book Review
 
★ New York Times bestseller!
★ Featured on "Late Night with Seth Meyers," NPR, TIME, and Entertainment Weekly
★ A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
★ A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year
★ A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
★ Los Angeles Times and Publishers Weekly Holiday Gift Guide selections

Inspired by her childhood love of books like A Secret Garden and The Chronicles of Narnia, bestselling author Tahereh Mafi crafts a spellbinding new world where color is currency, adventure is inevitable, and friendship is found in the most unexpected places.

There are only three things that matter to twelve-year-old Alice Alexis Queensmeadow: Mother, who wouldn’t miss her; magic and color, which seem to elude her; and Father, who always loved her. The day Father disappears from Ferenwood he takes nothing but a ruler with him. But it’s been almost three years since then, and Alice is determined to find him. She loves her father even more than she loves adventure, and she’s about to embark on one to find the other.

But bringing Father home is no small matter. In order to find him she’ll have to travel through the mythical, dangerous land of Furthermore, where down can be up, paper is alive, and left can be both right and very, very wrong. It will take all of Alice's wits (and every limb she's got) to find Father and return home to Ferenwood in one piece. On her quest to find Father, Alice must first find herself—and hold fast to the magic of love in the face of loss. 
 
“Tahereh Mafi is a maestro of words, and Furthermore the most magical painting that ever existed, bursting with color and heart and humanity. I wanted to stay inside this masterpiece forever.” – Marie Lu, New York Times bestselling author of the Legend and The Young Elites series

"A place so full of enchanting beauty and topsy-turvy adventure, it even calls to mind Wonderland and Oz.... Friendship, family and self-acceptance. What makes this book truly sing is the lush world Mafi has created, brimming with color and magic." —New York Times Book Review

★ “Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi is a surprising, sensuous, delicious fantasy to devour.” –Shelf Awareness, starred review

★ "A fast-paced, funny, and richly imaginative story that embraces and celebrates individuality." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

★ "Rich, luscious, clever prose." —Kirkus, starred review

Ratings and reviews

Alice lives the in the magical land of Ferenwood, where everything is bright and colorful. Alice, however, is colorless, which means she is also not magical. She is different from everyone in Ferenwood, and she feels like she will never fit in. Alice gets the opportunity to join a boy named Oliver on a journey to the land of Furthermore, the land where her father disappeared many years ago, and jumps at the opportunity to learn why her father left with nothing but a ruler. Furthermore was my first Tahereh Mafi book, and I was completely blown away. I absolutely ADORED the whimsical world that was created. It was a joy to read this book, and as soon as I finished, I was ready to read it again. Reading Furthermore made me wish that I had children in my life that I could share it with. Watching Alice learn important life lessons and grow to love herself was beautiful and endearing and so special. I loved Alice's story, but my favorite thing about Furthermore was the writing. It was so wacky and whimsical and it really took me right out of reality and into Furthermore. Furthermore is definitely not a book to be taken too seriously. I think a lot of people didn't like it because it was too wacky, but for me, it was perfectly playful. I wish I had been able to read this as a child. I know it would have been one of my favorites. My only complaint about Furthermore is that the ending was very rushed. Everything came together quite conveniently in just a couple pages, and then abruptly ended. I feel like the ending could have been hashed out a little bit more without any problems. Despite the incredibly rushed ending, however, I enjoyed the book as a whole so much that this one fault didn't affect my rating very much.

Whimsical, magical, adventurous and fulfilling. I can't believe Tahere Mafi isn't getting more attention as one of the best fantasy writers of our time.

I love this book it's the best

About the author

Tahereh Mafi is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Shatter Me series. She can usually be found over-caffeinated and stuck in a book. You can find her online just about anywhere at @TaherehMafi or on her website, www.taherehbooks.com.