Ten Thousand doors Of January - Alix E.Harrow-

January Scaller and her father live with the wealthy Mr Locke. This is set in the early

1900’s.  Her father travels and finds Mr Locke curios from all over the world. January

is a ward of Mr Locke and he often introduces her as his adopted daughter. One of

January’s great loves is reading and she devours pretty much anything she can get

her hands on. When she finds a book about doors, something she has always

thought held more to them than just a shape between two rooms, she is fascinated

as these doors are more like portals. we are treated to not only January’s story but

that of between the pages of her book Ten Thousand doors and the characters within.

In their land the greatest number is ten thousand (think infinity). Mr Locke also wants

to know how she knows of such things, Does his secret society have more to hide than

she realises and where on earth has her father got to? It took me a little while to get

into this but I quickly developed an empathy for January. A child alone having few

friends and mostly adult company who treat her as almost an ornament to be

gazed at. A wonderful fantasy tale with a little romance, a hint of adventure,

a tad of Alice in Wonderland. 

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