over the woodward wall by a deborah baker

A wall leads to the Up-and-Under, not a doorway, but what comes next is much of a kind, a portal fantasy with two children on an adventure that is about self-discovery and finding their place in the world(s).

In many ways, however, it actually feels like a sibling book to McGuire’s Wayward Children series, but for a slightly younger audience. Tor describes it as a companion book to Middlegame, one of her books that I have not read yet. Deborah Baker (she also writes horror as Mira Grant). Over the Woodward Wall is the middle grade debut of fantasy author Seanan McGuire, writing as A. On the other side is the Up-and-Under, and the adventure that awaits them there. Despite being students at two entirely different schools, both children find a mysterious wall cutting through their neighbourhood where it has no right to be, blocking their way to school. Though they are neighbours, these two very different children have never crossed paths, so the paths are about to cross for them, whether they will it or not. Quiet and steady, Avery Grey is a boy who likes order and polish, and long hours spent at the library looking for the secrets of the universe. Restless and quick, Zib Jones loves messes and surprises, and playing in the woods behind her house. Once upon a time, on an ordinary street, in an ordinary suburb, in an ordinary town, two perfectly ordinary children wake up on what should be an entirely ordinary day, only to find themselves on an adventure. Better not to end at all, if you can help it.” You can hang them on hooks and sail the seas for sequels, if you realize you don’t like where your story stopped, but you’ll always have had an ending, and there will always be people who won’t follow you past that line. They wiggle and writhe like worms, and once you have them, you can’t give them back again. “Are you sure you want an ending? Endings are tricky things.

Over the woodward wall by a deborah baker