Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

"If you have no intention of loving or being loved, then the whole journey is pointless."

From the two-time Newbery Medal-winning author of Because of Winn-Dixie and The Tale of Despereaux comes a hauntingly beautiful and transformative fable about a toy rabbit who learns the most difficult lesson of all: how to love.

Edward Tulane is a china rabbit of exceptional elegance. Owned by a young girl named Abilene who adores him, Edward is unfortunately too vain to return her affection. He cares only for his silk suits, his gold pocket watch, and his own reflection. But during a grand voyage from New York to London, a twist of fate throws Edward overboard, dragging him from his life of privilege into the deep, dark depths of the ocean.

So begins an epic, years-long odyssey. As Edward passes from hand to hand—traveling with weary tramps, serving as a silent scarecrow in a lonely field, and providing final comfort to a dying child—his porcelain heart is broken over and over again. Through loss, hardship, and the kindness of strangers, the once-arrogant rabbit is slowly stripped of his vanity, discovering that the greatest miracle of all is the courage to open one's heart to another.