TY - BOOK AU - Thompson,Lisa TI - The light jar SN - 9781338216301 AV - PZ7.1.T468 Li 2019 U1 - 823.92Fic 23 PY - 2019///] CY - New York PB - Scholastic Press KW - Mothers and sons KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Stepfathers KW - Psychological abuse KW - Survival KW - Imaginary companions KW - Friendship KW - Great Britain N2 - Nate and his mother are escaping from his emotionally abusive step-father, Gary, but the run-down and abandoned cottage in the woods that his mother takes them to does not seem like much of a refuge; but when his mother goes off to buy provisions and does not come back Nate is left alone (except for his imaginary friend Sam) and afraid--until a mysterious girl trying to solve the clues of a long-ago treasure hunt turns up ER -