The Door That Led to Where - Softcover

Gardner, Sally

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1471401111 ISBN 13: 9781471401114

Publisher: Hot Key Books, 2015

Synopsis

When the present offers no hope for the future, the answers may lie in the pastAJ Flynn has just failed all but one of his GCSEs, and his future is looking far from rosy. So when he is offered a junior position at a London law firm he hopes his life is about to change - but he could never have imagined by how much. Tidying up the archive one day, AJ finds an old key, mysteriously labelled with his name and date of birth - and he becomes determined to find the door that fits the key., And so begins an amazing journey to a very real and tangible past - 1830, to be precise - where the streets of modern Clerkenwell are replaced with cobbles and carts, and the law can be twisted to suit a villain's means. Although life in 1830 is cheap, AJ and his friends quickly find that their own lives have much more value. They've gone from sad youth statistics to young men with purpose - and at the heart of everything lies a crime that only they can solve., But with enemies all around, can they unravel the mysteries of the past, before it unravels them? A fast-paced mystery novel by one of the country's finest writers, and a UKLA Book Awards 2016 shortlisted title, THE DOOR THAT LED TO WHERE will delight, surprise and mesmerise all those who read it.

About this title

Review:

The outstanding teenage novel of the autumn, arresting and original and written in a singular voice, is Sally Gardner's MAGGOT MOON. --Lorna Bradbury, The Telegraph

Dazzling, chilling, breathtaking. A perfect book. --Praise for MAGGOT MOON, Meg Rosoff

This heart-breaking, brilliantly written novel is the most original publication for years, and rivals Margo Lanagan's THE BRIDES OF ROLLROCK ISLAND as my Young Adult Book of the Year. --Praise for MAGGOT MOON, Amanda Craig, The Times

From the Author:

Sally Gardner is a multi-award-winning novelist whose work has been translated into more than twenty-two languages. Her novel MAGGOT MOON (Hot Key Books) won both the Costa Children's Book Prize and the Carnegie Medal 2013, and was followed by THE DOOR THAT LED TO WHERE. Sally's genre-defying novel THE DOUBLE SHADOW (Orion) received great critical acclaim and was also longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2013. THE RED NECKLACE (shortlisted for 2007 Guardian Book Prize) and THE SILVER BLADE, the film rights for which have been purchased by Dominic West, are set during the French Revolution. Sally also won the 2005 Nestle Children's Book Prize for her debut novel I, CORIANDER. She is also author of the popular Wings & Co Fairy Detective Agency series and TINDER, illustrated by David Roberts (Orion). Most recently she has published a novel for adults, AN ALMOND FOR A PARROT. Follow Sally at www.sallygardner.net or on Twitter: @TheSallyGardner

About this edition

• Publisher: Hot Key Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1471401111
• ISBN 13: 9781471401114
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288