The 13th Doorway edition by D J Shaw Children eBooks
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Mark, Megan and Andrew can't help noticing when their teacher's hand goes into his interactive whiteboard and comes out soaking wet. He is as shocked by the situation as they are!
It turns out that they have just discovered The 13th Doorway and are desperate to find out what awaits on the other side; in Andrew's case, a little too desperate!
They soon realise that they are not the first to use the doorway and are shocked to find out exactly what happened to the last person who did so.
Who are the large creatures who reside in this other world?
Where do the other twelve doorways lead?
Why is our entire Universe in danger?
We have all read stories about other worlds but this is a "splendidly original" take on a classic storytelling idea. The creatures who live in the other place and their role in the creation of our world are new to literature.
Written with readers aged 9-16 in mind, The 13th Doorway will have a far wider appeal and is an adventure that everyone can enjoy. Danger, Puzzle, Horror, Excitement, Drama, Romance and a journey back in time to the moment of all creation await any intrepid reader who dares enter .... The 13th Doorway.
The 13th Doorway edition by D J Shaw Children eBooks
Title: The 13th DoorwayAuthor: D.J. Shaw
Rating: 4.5/5 Stars (I rounded up to 5 stars here on amazon, it's more a 5 star book than a 4 anyway.)
To put everything out on the table, as stated by Shaw himself, this book was written with 10-16 year olds in mind. Because of that I knew that I could end up being disappointed with the book because I am an adult and possibly have grown out of that stage in my reading life. I was wrong, as I have gladly admitted with other similarly aimed books. When an author can get a 23 year old college graduate to enjoy a book written for kids ten years his junior to like the book, it's done is job.
The 13th Doorway tells the story of three boarding school students from theGlasgowRoyalAcademy inScotland. Before I forget to mention, the author is fromScotland (there Twitter goes linking the world together again.) Because of this I set myself up for a possible stumbling over dialectic differences between United States English and that of English fromScotland. To my surprise, there were fewer dialectic bridges to gap that I expected. I guess I've read enough novels from otherUK writers to help me out a little.
The three students (Mark, Megan, and Andrew) witness something unbelievable in Mr. Scott's class one day. During a lesson, his hand goes through his interactive board. Yes, right through it. Aside from the teacher, they are the only ones to notice this occurrence and talk with Mr. Scott after class about it. Soon the group discovers that the interactive board is a doorway between their world and another, though they don't know exactly where it is that they are lead to. All that they do know at this point is that Andrew gets sucked into the board. When they pull him back out he's soaked and gasping for air. It opens up into an ocean.
I don't want to tell too much of what happens after this discovery though; I'd rather leave the reader to find this out on their own. I will tell you this much, it's exciting. The students have the adventure of a lifetime all while solving mathematical puzzles, fighting their worst fears and learning to work as a team.
The world in which Shaw throws Mark, Megan, and Andrew is unique and leaves the reader trying to guess exactly what it is for most of the book. There are speculations about it and the reader ultimately does find out its history and purpose near the end. This only leads to more intriguing questions and a wanting for more books. Don't Panic: Shaw is writing the sequel as I type this....ok maybe he's heading to bed soon it is later in the night on the other side of theAtlantic.
What I enjoyed most was the setting of the other world. But I can't get into that too much. I want anyone reading the book to have the as much ignorance as possible going into this story. It's the type of book where new things are revealed almost with the turn of each page. What I will talk about is what I liked about the characters. My favorite might have to be Andrew. He's not very popular with his peers and is the quiet type. It made me happy to see Mark and Megan take a liking to him and brighten his outlook on life. Mark is the polar opposite of Andrew in the he is one of the most popular boys in their year; he's not shy at all. Along with Mark, Megan is also popular with her friends. Taking a liking to Andrew is unexpected of them, but even with being popular they both have good hearts and the three grow on each other.
Through the adventure, as I've said, math problems are introduced. I always enjoy reading a book for this age range that is education, but also entertaining. It's not the easiest thing to do because catching a child's attention to read in a world with video games and television is near impossible. The educational elements of the book will help a child learn to love reading and learn various lessons at the same time, even without realizing it. There is also a bit of science to be found in the book. Also from what I've heard from the author through talking with him recently, there will be more mathematics in the next book. I can't wait to attempt to solve the puzzles before the characters do. It brought me as a reader into the story instead of being only an observer looking from the outside.
With all the positives a book can show there is, no matter what, something negative to say. Well, I don't think I have anything straight out negative to say this time. But I'm not one to find too much wrong with that many books. I'm either extremely unpicky or don't know the difference between a good book and a bad one (I'm confident that's not the case.) I did question something about the book though, so that could be somewhat negative, but in a good way. I questioned the language used in the dialogue for the students. If I'm correct they were all around the age of 14. There were a few instances where a character said words like "hell" and "damn." I only question their use because this book is aimed at a younger audience (10-16 yrs.) As a kid I don't remember running into these words unless it was a novel for older readers, but times may have changed and also because this is coming from a different culture, values may be different regarding "foul" language usage. I am in no way putting down the book because of this. I only aim to bring this to reader's attention. On the plus side, I do feel that this might make a younger reader enjoy the book even more. It could turn into a slight guilty pleasure reading "forbidden" words. And the frequency is very minimal, so parents: I don't think you have anything to worry about if your child reads this book.
To close this out, I hope I have addressed enough of this book to give you a feel for what it's about. I tried my hardest to tell as much as I was comfortable saying without giving away too much of what fascinated me to read about.
One last note, I do think I will recommend this book to my younger cousin. He is 10 years old and very picky with books, but I think he would love to read a story like this one. If he does, I might ask him to write a guest review for me, haha. That would be fun.
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The 13th Doorway edition by D J Shaw Children eBooks Reviews
I'm almost half way through this book and cannot put my down, it's fantastic, can't wait for the sequel.
i read this as it was recommended to me and found the starting a bit too slow but as i continued it got even better. it was a very different kind of read kinda like the movie SuckerPunch were they go into a whole different universe but in the end are still where they started. i loved it however i'd suggest to the author next book be a little faster at the start...as to grab the audiences attention from the first few pages. Deffinitely a children or even better a YA read.
'The 13th Doorway' is the story of three young teens and their teacher who find a portal to another world in a classroom.
Firstly, this book is aimed at 9-16 year olds and while I could have figured that out pretty quickly if I hadn't known, it was written so well I just got caught up in the story and couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next, and I'm 31!
The characters are all different and interesting in their own ways and they were all easy to like. The plot intrigued me, as it was an adventure story with a little bit of horror and some puzzles to solve which if you were a younger reader you could probably learn something while you read.
I really enjoyed the world Shaw created through the doorway and the ideas that were presented throughout(parallel universes, big bang theory, etc) but for me it was mostly the realistic way he dealt with everything that made it impossible to put the book down. There were consequences for actions, the characters had their flaws; those were the things that made this book so captivating and believable.
This is a fantastic adventure story for younger readers. There are plenty of exciting moments on the adventure and little bits of horror and even romance keep it entertaining throughout.
This is a fairly short book aimed at the 9 to 16 year old age range, a very difficult age to write for as levels of reading, interest and comprehension vary considerably through this age range. I am very very well over this age range but I enjoyed the story which I felt was full of new ideas, there are many stories that start in a similar way from "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871)" and possibly earlier when a child or children step through something into another world, but this one is different and full of new ideas. The story starts slowly with the slightly implausible cooperation of a teacher at the boarding school and sets the scene and allows for the development of the relationships between the children in the story. After this the story develops a pace and ends with a satisfying conclusion which although a bit hurried does also leave the option for further books in the series. Up to this point I would have given the story 5* but I then gave it to a 10 year old to read, one who likes fantasy and science fiction. Her conclusion "boring" on quizzing her, the reason was the slow build up and she would have given up until I told her that the story was much more exciting later. She read the rest and could not understand the puzzles, without explanation, which were well beyond her.
My conclusion, an excellent book, but probably better for the older age range and even adult. If there is a sequel I will read it but probably not give it to the 10 year old to read.
Who would have thought that a plain old chalkboard could be a portal to another dimension? I loved this story. I especially loved how the old man finally discovered what happened to his childhood friend. The Island was fantastically described and each character was unique and interesting. Thanks for a great story.
Title The 13th Doorway
Author D.J. Shaw
Rating 4.5/5 Stars (I rounded up to 5 stars here on , it's more a 5 star book than a 4 anyway.)
To put everything out on the table, as stated by Shaw himself, this book was written with 10-16 year olds in mind. Because of that I knew that I could end up being disappointed with the book because I am an adult and possibly have grown out of that stage in my reading life. I was wrong, as I have gladly admitted with other similarly aimed books. When an author can get a 23 year old college graduate to enjoy a book written for kids ten years his junior to like the book, it's done is job.
The 13th Doorway tells the story of three boarding school students from theGlasgowRoyalAcademy inScotland. Before I forget to mention, the author is fromScotland (there Twitter goes linking the world together again.) Because of this I set myself up for a possible stumbling over dialectic differences between United States English and that of English fromScotland. To my surprise, there were fewer dialectic bridges to gap that I expected. I guess I've read enough novels from otherUK writers to help me out a little.
The three students (Mark, Megan, and Andrew) witness something unbelievable in Mr. Scott's class one day. During a lesson, his hand goes through his interactive board. Yes, right through it. Aside from the teacher, they are the only ones to notice this occurrence and talk with Mr. Scott after class about it. Soon the group discovers that the interactive board is a doorway between their world and another, though they don't know exactly where it is that they are lead to. All that they do know at this point is that Andrew gets sucked into the board. When they pull him back out he's soaked and gasping for air. It opens up into an ocean.
I don't want to tell too much of what happens after this discovery though; I'd rather leave the reader to find this out on their own. I will tell you this much, it's exciting. The students have the adventure of a lifetime all while solving mathematical puzzles, fighting their worst fears and learning to work as a team.
The world in which Shaw throws Mark, Megan, and Andrew is unique and leaves the reader trying to guess exactly what it is for most of the book. There are speculations about it and the reader ultimately does find out its history and purpose near the end. This only leads to more intriguing questions and a wanting for more books. Don't Panic Shaw is writing the sequel as I type this....ok maybe he's heading to bed soon it is later in the night on the other side of theAtlantic.
What I enjoyed most was the setting of the other world. But I can't get into that too much. I want anyone reading the book to have the as much ignorance as possible going into this story. It's the type of book where new things are revealed almost with the turn of each page. What I will talk about is what I liked about the characters. My favorite might have to be Andrew. He's not very popular with his peers and is the quiet type. It made me happy to see Mark and Megan take a liking to him and brighten his outlook on life. Mark is the polar opposite of Andrew in the he is one of the most popular boys in their year; he's not shy at all. Along with Mark, Megan is also popular with her friends. Taking a liking to Andrew is unexpected of them, but even with being popular they both have good hearts and the three grow on each other.
Through the adventure, as I've said, math problems are introduced. I always enjoy reading a book for this age range that is education, but also entertaining. It's not the easiest thing to do because catching a child's attention to read in a world with video games and television is near impossible. The educational elements of the book will help a child learn to love reading and learn various lessons at the same time, even without realizing it. There is also a bit of science to be found in the book. Also from what I've heard from the author through talking with him recently, there will be more mathematics in the next book. I can't wait to attempt to solve the puzzles before the characters do. It brought me as a reader into the story instead of being only an observer looking from the outside.
With all the positives a book can show there is, no matter what, something negative to say. Well, I don't think I have anything straight out negative to say this time. But I'm not one to find too much wrong with that many books. I'm either extremely unpicky or don't know the difference between a good book and a bad one (I'm confident that's not the case.) I did question something about the book though, so that could be somewhat negative, but in a good way. I questioned the language used in the dialogue for the students. If I'm correct they were all around the age of 14. There were a few instances where a character said words like "hell" and "damn." I only question their use because this book is aimed at a younger audience (10-16 yrs.) As a kid I don't remember running into these words unless it was a novel for older readers, but times may have changed and also because this is coming from a different culture, values may be different regarding "foul" language usage. I am in no way putting down the book because of this. I only aim to bring this to reader's attention. On the plus side, I do feel that this might make a younger reader enjoy the book even more. It could turn into a slight guilty pleasure reading "forbidden" words. And the frequency is very minimal, so parents I don't think you have anything to worry about if your child reads this book.
To close this out, I hope I have addressed enough of this book to give you a feel for what it's about. I tried my hardest to tell as much as I was comfortable saying without giving away too much of what fascinated me to read about.
One last note, I do think I will recommend this book to my younger cousin. He is 10 years old and very picky with books, but I think he would love to read a story like this one. If he does, I might ask him to write a guest review for me, haha. That would be fun.
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