Intriguing Opening
Found a mention of this book on an author's weblog. It's called The King in the Window, it's by Adam Gopnik, and it has an awesome first sentence:
If Oliver had simply smiled and joked with his parents while he was wearing the gold paper crown, or if he had just remembered to take it off after dinner, as he had always done before, the window wraiths might never have mistaken him for royalty….