Fleur and Jacques Papier are twins. Jacques loves his sister, but he’s worried by his parents lack of attention towards him. In fact, most adults are less than receptive towards Jacques.

However, he finds out Fleur has been keeping a secret from him and he is shocked; she has an imaginary friend, so he decides he must have one too. Then one day he meets the roller-skating cowgirl who breaks some terrible news to him and life will never be the same again. As Jacques comes to terms with who he really is and decides he must embark on a new life, things get weirder and sometimes sad but never dull.

This is terrific fun for real and imaginary children of 7 and up.

Alexa Dretzke