Also sort of similar is the Keys to the Kingdom series, by Garth Nix. After that, I think of the Septimus Heap books. He’s calling them “The Guardians of Childhood,” which makes them sound rather romantic, and the books themselves are very strange even for stories which are meant to be the origin stories of Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, but if you like this, you ought to like them.
Read-alikes: This reminds me most of William Joyce’s odd holiday mascot books. But a message had come out of that far away kingdom, begging for help, and the eyes had been made to help Peter find his way there and save the kingdom.Īrmed thus with his wits, his skills, and a box of very unusual eyes with special powers, Peter embarked on his quest. At the very beginning of his life, he had lived in a far away kingdom, which was now lost. When Peter tracked down the very strange man, he discovered that the things in the box were eyes, and they had been made for him. But although they were clearly valuable, there was yet some mystery about the things in the box. So he stole the chest and broke it open and examined the contents. In fact, the thought of resisting temptation had never once entered his cunning little mind.
Peter Nimble, as the boy was called, could not resist the temptation. Then, one evening, he met a very strange man with a very tempting chest in his carriage. He turned out to be extraordinarily clever with his hands, able to pick a lock even with his bare fingers, so of course he was used by those larger and meaner than himself. Nutshell: Once there was an orphan baby who was found adrift in the sea, his eyes pecked out by a raven. Title: Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes
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