And how a small group of people are trying to shut Doors and keep the knowledge secret. The writer shares his own search for information about Doors: how they work, where they are. It tells her about a young woman who found a Door, too, and a boy from another world, and who then spent years trying to find him and his world again. But then, when she’s almost forgotten that Door she found when she was young, she discovers a book that explains all about Doors. Without any other options or the freedom she so covets, January generally tries to please Locke and be a lady. She’s a curiosity herself, an in-between thing: with her medium-dark skin and wild hair, her headstrong ways, her resistance to becoming cultured and refined. Locke takes excellent care of January, but she’s really just another part of his collection. It’s basically a private museum, filled with the rare artifacts January’s father has found for him. January lives with Locke, an ultra-wealthy collector, in his grand mansion in Vermont. Instead, she sees him rarely, in between his travels to far-flung places, where he finds exotic items to bring back to his employer, Cornelius Locke. She’d love to explore this world, for that matter, like her father does-but he never allows that. A must-read.Īt age 7, January Scaller learns about the existence of capital-D Doors, the kinds of doors that lead into other worlds. IN SHORT: This is an excellent fantasy book.
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