Like most (strange) 7 year olds this opening line was enough to draw Ben into The Imaginary, a world of love, loss, new starts, old endings and imagination.
Amanda, like most children has a best friend, Rudger, She found him one day in her wardrobe and he becomes her companion, there for all her adventures, dangers and challengers. Amanda's mother is quite accepting of Rudger, her friends less so. You see only Amanda can see him, he doesn't exist. At least Amanda thinks only she can see him until one day Mr Bunting arrives informing her he hunts imaginaries and knows about Rudger. With the rumour being that Mr Bunting eats them Rudger finds himself alone and running for his imaginary life.
