The Storyteller

Antonia Michaelis

Jan 2012 · Abrams

About this ebook

The award-winning YA author weaves “an unsettling tapestry of ugly secrets, violence, suspense, twisted motives and love’s unfathomable ways” (Kirkus).

Anna and Abel couldn't be more different. They are both seventeen and in their last year of school, but while Anna lives in a nice old town house and comes from a well-to-do family, Abel, the school drug dealer, lives in a grim tower block at the edge of town. Anna naturally keeps her distance from Abel. But when she discovers that he is the only one caring for his six-year-old sister, her fear turns to fascination.

Anna follows the two, listening as Abel tells little Micha the story of a tiny queen assailed by dark forces. It's a beautiful fairy tale that lets Anna see Abel’s reality. Unable to make ends meet, he’s in danger of losing Micha to their abusive father. Anna gradually falls in love with Abel, but when his "enemies" begin to turn up dead, she fears she has fallen for a murderer.

Antonia Michaelis, the Batchelder Honor Award-winning author of Tiger Moon, moves in a bold new direction with her latest novel: a dark, haunting, contemporary story that is part mystery, part melodrama, and part dark romance.

Ratings and reviews

I couldnt put this book down! I didnt purchase it..instead i checked it out of my library.. amazing book ...affected my life <3 i cant get this book out of my head neither the characters...like if they became a part of me..i talk about it all the time at random yalks with my friends and i really recomend this book ..beautiful and a very realistic view too .. ..i am looking forward to owning this book and read it again! ♡♥ GREAT JOB

I picked it randomly off the shelf in the library, and couldn't put it down! My sisters yelled at me because i was being antisocial, but i finished it the very day i checked it out! I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!

Its a good book. A really good book. I recommend you reading this and if you do pay attention more to the story.

About the author

Antonia Michaelis is the author of Tiger Moon--for which she won the Batchelder Honor Award--and Dragons of Darkness and has received multiple starred reviews for her Amulet novels. She is the author of several other award-winning books published in her native Germany, where she lives.