They Stole Our Hearts (The Teddies Saga #2)

by Daniel Kraus (Author) Rovina Cai (Illustrator)

They Stole Our Hearts (The Teddies Saga #2)
Reading Level: 6th − 7th Grade

The heart-pounding sequel to They Threw Us Away, about a group of teddy bears looking for a place to call home...and answers to life's biggest questions.

The teddies--clever Buddy, brave Sunny, sweet Sugar, and wise Reginald--have managed to find a child. Life with Darling is far better than any they've known. But something's not right--the promised bliss of Forever Sleep hasn't come. And they are kept a secret from Darling's mother, hidden underneath the child's bed in the dusty darkness. Then the inevitable happens: Mama discovers the teddies. And like all adults they've met thus far, she responds with fear and anger. The teddies must watch as one of their friends is destroyed. The remaining trio barely escape, thrust back into a world that does not want them. Disillusioned and lost, the teddies embark on a journey back to the factory where they were created. En route, they find a civilization of discarded teddy bears. The comfort of a town of teddies has its allure...but the need for answers weighs heavy. And there's something definitely off about these new teddies. Will our heroes accept their strange rules? Or must they dig deep for one more grand adventure to finally learn why they were thrown away?

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Starred Review
This series continues to be disturbing and brilliant in equal measure.

ALA/Booklist

Ultimately, a climactic escape leads to a (counterintuitively) joyous encounter that sets up the next stage of this undoubtedly metaphorical journey. Cai further dims this fluffy (in the worst possible way) sequel with occasional illustrations that run to tubby silhouettes with ominously glowing eyes.

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Daniel Kraus

Daniel Kraus is the author of numerous novels, including Rotters, the Death and Life of Zebulon Finch duology, and Bent Heavens. With Guillermo del Toro, he wrote the New York Times bestselling The Shape of Water (the companion novel to the Academy Award-winning film) and Trollhunters (the inspiration for the Netflix series).

His novels have been Odyssey Award winners, Library Guild selections, YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults picks, Parent's Choice Gold Award winners, Bram Stoker finalists, and more. He lives with his wife in Chicago.

Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781250224422
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
N/A
Publication date
January 11, 2022
Series
The Teddies Saga
BISAC categories
JUV002030 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Bears
JUV040000 - Juvenile Fiction | Toys, Dolls & Puppets
JUV039000 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | General
JUV001010 - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure | Survival Stories
JUV018000 - Juvenile Fiction | Horror
Library of Congress categories
Adventure and adventurers
Adventure stories
Fate and fatalism
Action and adventure fiction
Teddy bears

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