Journey to Nowhere

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Summary: this was an awsome book!
Review: "Journey to Nowhere" was nonstop and never boring. Although it doesn't give a feel of what the trail was like, it showed unsafe traveling was, and what life was like once settling on fresh land, without a house. Auch showed how dangerous living in the open terrain was and how blind some people were to those dangers. I certainly recommend this book to readers who are interested in this era and I look forward to reading the rest of the series.

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Summary: one of my favorites
Review: I first read this book years back when I was in elementary school, and to this day, as a college student, I still have my copy. In fact, I recently bought the other two books in the trilogy "Frozen Summer" and "Journey Back Home", because I was so fond of the storyline. Mary Jane Auch does a great job in keeping you interested in Rememberance "Mem" Nye's problems, and how she resolves them, and after looking at the Author's notes at the end, you know you're reading something historically accurate because she went out of her way to do her research. After reading the trilogy, (after wishing there was more to read about Mem) I thought, "wow I can't believe people lived like that 200 years ago.." Overall, a great book, although I must confess it would appeal more to young girls than boys.

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Summary: it is an ok book
Review: In the book The Forgotten Door a boy named little Jon drops into the forgotten door accidentally. He got a bruise and lost his memory after falling through the forgotten door. He wants to get back to his house but he can¡¦t. As he was running from an alien, a family took a shotgun and killed it to protect him. The family that helps him heals his bruise. They find out that Jon can read minds. After that, he discovers that he and the family are in danger. He must get to the door fast enough so; they don¡¦t have to stay in the forgotten door world forever. My favorite part is when they went through danger with aliens and other monsters attacking. Toward the end they obtain the passage to the door. Then Jon returns to his family. Along with him comes the family he meets from the forgotten world.

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Summary: great, except for...
Review: Please see other reviews for details, but they miss one thing that may be important to some readers. The author has done a masterful job of showing how people used to live and think, except somewhere along the line, their religion disappeared. It is my impression that religion was pretty important to most colonial era people, but you would never know it from this book.

Rating:
Summary: great, except for...
Review: Please see other reviews for details, but they miss one thing that may be important to some readers. The author has done a masterful job of showing how people used to live and think, except somewhere along the line, their religion disappeared. It is my impression that religion was pretty important to most colonial era people, but you would never know it from this book.