The Goldfinch Supernatural Fiction In Search of Stardust

In Search of Stardust

Why is the football coach so important

original postcard-style designs by Shandra Smith

so he builds his house with sticks

or a high-level athlete aiming for Olympic gold

The Goldfinch Supernatural Fiction In Search of StardustTheo Decker, a 13 year old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by a longing for his mother, he clings to the one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws