Run Away With Me BOTY_2025 Magic Eyehas thrilled readers across

Magic Eyehas thrilled readers across generations

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Run Away With Me BOTY_2025 Magic Eyehas thrilled readers acrossFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author illustrator Brian Selznick, a profoundly romantic YA novel about two boys finding each other and falling in love over one summer in Rome. "I'm going to call you Danny. What are you going to name me?" "Angelo." Danny is spending his sixteenth summer in Rome. As his mother spends the day at work in a mysterious museum, he wanders the ancient sites and streets. Soon after his arrival, he encounters a shadow who