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197 pp.
| McElderry |
March, 2002 |
TradeISBN 0-689-84751-3$$16.00
(4)
4-6
First-person narrator Trey (who could be a boy or a girl) and Trey's silent brother Lou travel back and forth between their Bahamian island home, threatened by developers, and Pangaia, an overdeveloped otherworld where Lou is the answer to a prophecy that will save both worlds. Cooper's skill as a writer is evident, but the connection between the worlds is tenuous, Lou's role remains vague for too long, and the climax is too abrupt.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2002