Abarat

This was an ok young adult fantasy book by Clive Barker about a teenager in an abusive household who escapes to another world. At the world she meets a bunch of eccentrics and also there are bad guys like Christopher Carrion after her. I liked my previous reads The Thief of Always and The Hellbound Heart more. This was a lot less dark than the later though. I'll eventually get through the sequels as I thought Candy was a likable character.