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Door Before (100 Cupboards Prequel)
In this exciting prequel to the 100 Cupboards series, a gifted girl named Hyacinth Smith moves with her family to the house of her great-aunt, who has been creating doors to other worlds. Things spiral out of control when one of the doors lets two boys through. Will Hyacinth have enough strength and bravery to help them defeat the evil witch-queen? 256 pgs, pb. ~ Rachel
When Hyacinth finds an unusual door, two boys in search of vengeance, and a witch intent on destroying the world, the ultimate battle of good vs. evil begins!
Hyacinth Smith can see things that others miss, stop attack dogs from attacking, and grow trees where no trees have grown before. But she's never had a real home. When her father tells them they've inherited a house from their great-aunt, Hyacinth sees trouble brewing. Their great-aunt has been playing with forces beyond her control, using her lightning-tree forest to create doors to other worlds. When one door opens, two boys tumble through . . . bringing with them a battle with the undying witch-queen, Nimiane. Hyacinth, together with the boys, must use her newfound magic and all of her courage to journey straight into the witch's kingdom in a daring plan to trap evil and kill the immortal.
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Author N.D. Wilson follows up his riveting adventure, Leepike Ridge, with one of the most original young adult fantasies written today. It all begins when a bus brings twelve-year-old Henry York to the town of Henry, Kansas. He's come to stay with uncle, aunt and three girl cousins while negotiations are taking place for the release of his parents, travel writers who were kidnapped in Columbia. Henry is given a room in the attic of their large old house, and he tries to fit in both among his new, eccentric family and their small-town environment. Secretly, he's a little excited about the change - maybe he'll even learn how to play baseball! What he doesn't plan on is discovering an alternate world... or 100 of them, all found inside beautifully crafted little cupboards he uncovers under his bedroom walls. While Henry and his cousin, Henrietta, discover how to enter these worlds and contemplate the risks of doing so, Henry is surprised both by how familiar some worlds appear, and is shocked by a sickening feeling of evil behind some of the doors. As the mystery deepens, he can't help wondering if his past is somehow related to the wall of cupboards... Although some light is shed in 100 Cupboards, many more questions are left unanswered. In Dandelion Fire Henry decides to enter the cupboards again in the hopes of finding some answers before his Kansas visit is over. It seems that someone on the other side is looking for him, but what do they want? 209 pgs and 466 pgs, pb. - Jess
Product Format: | Paperback |
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Brand: | Yearling Books |
Author: | N. D. Wilson |
Grades: | 3-7 |
ISBN: | 9780449816806 |
Length in Inches: | 7.625 |
Width in Inches: | 5.25 |
Height in Inches: | 0.625 |
Weight in Pounds: | 0.4 |