CHILDREN BOOKS AGE 10+ THE DOOR IN THE LAKE INCLUDED: (One) The Door in the Lake Paperback ? January 1, 2001 by Nancy Butts The Door in the Lake Paperback ? January 1, 2001 by Nancy Butts (Author) Age 10+ Grades 6-8 Paperback: 159 pages Publisher: Scholastic; 2nd Printing edition (2001) Language: English ISBN-10: 0439344182 ISBN-13: 978-0439344180 UPC: 9780439344180 Package Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches Shipping Weight: 4 ounces Mystery about time On a camping trip in the mountains, twelve-year-old Joey Finney is discovered missing. More than two years later, he is found in a Mini Mart. The mysterious thing is that he doesn't appear to be a day older, but everyone else has aged. Will Joey be able The last thing 12-year-old Joey remembers is that he got up in the middle of the night and headed to the restrooms just down the path from where his tent was pitched. The next thing he knows he's in the hospital after collapsing in a convenience store, being told by everyone how glad they are to have him back and that he's been gone for over two years. Joey can't tell them where he might have been or why he hasn't grown at all. Then the seizures start and Joey begins to remember what happened to him on that summer night. By chance, he gets an e-mail through one of the electronic bulletin boards for missing children that his mother has been on, and he tracks down a couple of college students who have a theory about what may have happened to him Alone that his returning memories support that he was abducted by aliens. The action and resolution of the story are fairly compressed and taut, and as for the believability who?s to say? We're talking alien abduction here, but the details are convincingly written. A few scenes with Joey's old best friend, who is now too cool to talk to him, and his now bigger, younger brother add the right pangs of adolescent angst. But one must question the author's wisdom in allowing her young character to pedal off on his bike to meet someone he's met on-line, purposefully concealing it from his parents. Although this book is a quick and exciting read, be aware that this one element can all too often lead to tragedy in the real world. Carrie Schadle, New York Public Library Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. ANY WEIGHTS OR DIMENSIONS PROVIDED ARE APPROXIMATE - FOR ADDITIONAL MEASUREMENTS OR WEIGHTS PLEASE CONTACT ME this link to get the Bonus GET up TO $30.00 BONUS AND up to 15% CASH BACK.