I think C. S. Lewis would have liked this book.

At 50, I'm still a child. I flowed through this book, adventure, with ease of spirit. Mr. Rushdie provided a respite from many a book of the norm in language. I found it playful and mindful. I'll read it again some time down the stream.
The wordplay brings me back to Norton Juster's 1961 "The Phantom Tollbooth", technically a "childrens" book, phooey!.
Let us not lose our exploration, discovery, excitement, open-mindedness, and playfulness.
I give Mr. Rushdie the stars, all of them on this book.
Sincerely,
Ragnar

Was this book written for teens or children? Really? B2C2C - book too complicated to comprehend. But it's a moving tale! Typical of Salman Rushdie.

This children's adventure novel chronicles a young boy's journey to an alien world on which he finds the literal 'sea of stories' that provides Earth's storytellers with the raw material for their craft. The boy must help the strange creatures who protect the sea defeat the dark forces that seek to usher in a new reign of silence. Unique, magical, filled with creative wordplay—a true testament to freedom of speech.

The book is a little confusing and hard to read but, I might be subjective because I had to read it in grade 9 and found it to be a little too childish.

This is an imaginative and poetic children's novel that touches on important issues in an abstract and magical way.