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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