β Scribed by Bernard Beckett
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
In an abandoned house at the end of their street, twin brothers Stefan and Arlo discover a young girl hiding in its dusty shadows. Alice needs their helpβher twin sister is locked in a cage suspended high above a mysterious mine in a strange parallel worldβand she asks an impossible favour. Will they meet her on the next full moon at the entrance to a tunnel Stefan and Arlo both know doesn't exist?
Except that it does. And when they travel through it, Stefan and Arlo find themselves on a quest that will challenge all their ideas of who they are and what they can do.
The Tunnel of Dreams is a delightful middle-grade fantasy adventure about friendship and loyalty, and about dreaming big and achieving the impossible.
Bernard Beckett is the author of eleven books, most of them for young adults. He has won numerous awards including the 2010 Prix Sorcières, the Esther Glen Award from the NZ Librarian's Association and the NZ Post Book Award for his...
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