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The Firebird Chronicles #3
Through the Uncrossable Boundary
Gigan Ticks foretell the end of time. The world is beginning to fade.
As the NIGHTMARE army advances, can Fletcher and Scoop cross the Threshold into our world?
Will they be able to reunite their creators, before they slip into oblivion?
Fletcher and Scoop are apprentice adventurers at Blotting's Academy, where all Story Characters are trained. Join them on their final feat as they discover the cost of crossing the Boundary in Daniel Ingram Brown's thrilling conclusion to the Firebird Chronicles.
"Echoes of C.S. Lewis...a thoroughly absorbing read" - John Packer, Bishop of Ripon and Leeds (2000-2014).
As the NIGHTMARE army advances, can Fletcher and Scoop cross the Threshold into our world?
Will they be able to reunite their creators, before they slip into oblivion?
Fletcher and Scoop are apprentice adventurers at Blotting's Academy, where all Story Characters are trained. Join them on their final feat as they discover the cost of crossing the Boundary in Daniel Ingram Brown's thrilling conclusion to the Firebird Chronicles.
"Echoes of C.S. Lewis...a thoroughly absorbing read" - John Packer, Bishop of Ripon and Leeds (2000-2014).
231 pages, Paperback
Published November 30, 2018
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About the author
Daniel Ingram-Brown
16 books36 followersDaniel Ingram-Brown is an award-winning, middle-grade author based in Yorkshire. He lives in a house built from the stones of a ruined castle with his wife, son, their bearded dragon and one-eyed cat!
His book, Bea’s Witch: A ghostly coming-of-age story (Collective Ink Books, 2021), draws on his experience as an adoptive father to create a “bildungsroman of a journey that captures the vulnerability of a child in care” (Yorkshire Times). The third book in his Firebird Chronicles series, Through the Uncrossable Boundary (Collective Ink Books, 2019), received the Taner Baybars award for original fiction in the field of science fiction, fantasy and magical realism, awarded by the Society of Authors, Authors’ Foundation.
Daniel works extensively in education. He has a doctorate in creative writing and education (2024) and received the Dean’s Prize for academic achievement at master’s level from Leeds Beckett University (2018). He is a Royal Literary Fund Fellow based at the University of York and has been a First Story writer-in-residence for primary and secondary schools across Yorkshire, editing eight anthologies of young writers’ work. Daniel is part of Leeds Beckett University’s Story Makers Company, a group of artists and educators delivering creative, child-centred learning opportunities. He works as a consultant for story-based approaches to teaching and regularly undertakes author visits to primary and secondary schools across the country.
Daniel’s background is in theatre and performance. He has written over twenty plays, specialising in journey-based performance, children’s theatre and large-scale community productions. He is co-artistic director of Suitcase and Spectacles Theatre Company and a trustee for Alive and Kicking Theatre Company.
From 2013-16 he chaired The Leeds Big Bookend Festival, and he co-organises events and retreats for the Society of Authors.
Daniel is interested in exploring the big questions of life in fun and engaging ways, inspiring children and adults to think, to wonder and to grow in wisdom.
His book, Bea’s Witch: A ghostly coming-of-age story (Collective Ink Books, 2021), draws on his experience as an adoptive father to create a “bildungsroman of a journey that captures the vulnerability of a child in care” (Yorkshire Times). The third book in his Firebird Chronicles series, Through the Uncrossable Boundary (Collective Ink Books, 2019), received the Taner Baybars award for original fiction in the field of science fiction, fantasy and magical realism, awarded by the Society of Authors, Authors’ Foundation.
Daniel works extensively in education. He has a doctorate in creative writing and education (2024) and received the Dean’s Prize for academic achievement at master’s level from Leeds Beckett University (2018). He is a Royal Literary Fund Fellow based at the University of York and has been a First Story writer-in-residence for primary and secondary schools across Yorkshire, editing eight anthologies of young writers’ work. Daniel is part of Leeds Beckett University’s Story Makers Company, a group of artists and educators delivering creative, child-centred learning opportunities. He works as a consultant for story-based approaches to teaching and regularly undertakes author visits to primary and secondary schools across the country.
Daniel’s background is in theatre and performance. He has written over twenty plays, specialising in journey-based performance, children’s theatre and large-scale community productions. He is co-artistic director of Suitcase and Spectacles Theatre Company and a trustee for Alive and Kicking Theatre Company.
From 2013-16 he chaired The Leeds Big Bookend Festival, and he co-organises events and retreats for the Society of Authors.
Daniel is interested in exploring the big questions of life in fun and engaging ways, inspiring children and adults to think, to wonder and to grow in wisdom.
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February 16, 2018
Disclaimer: I was given a copy of the book from the author for a fair and honest review. All of my thoughts, opinions, and ramblings are my own.
I was lucky enough to read a copy of the third and final book in the Firebird Chronicles trilogy, Through the Uncrossable Boundary before its release. I had read the first two books in the series and fell immediately in love with the story, characters, and this magical, literary world the books present. So it was with an eager yet hesitant heart that I started to read the final tome in the series. I knew an epic adventure awaited me, but that also meant the inevitable bittersweet end of a fantastic book series that I really truly enjoyed would finally be coming to an end.
Through the Uncrossable Boundary is a return to the adventures of siblings Scoop and Fletcher, Apprentice Adventurers at Blotting’s Academy on Fullstop Island. Their world has been taken over by a sleeping sickness, with only a handful of people still not under the curse. Grizelda, the villainess of the previous two books, awaits her time to take over Fullstop Island and their world, and follows their every move, along with her army of Red Hawks. Scoop and Fletcher know that their quest is to awaken everyone who has fallen asleep (including the Storyteller, the Princess, and the wise, clever, and lovable Yarnbard) and save their world from being unwritten, but to do this, they have to cross the Threshold of their world and into unknown waters (literally).
Like the last half of the Harry Potter series, it seems like the first two books in the series were almost just the preparations for Fletcher's and Scoop’s biggest adventure yet. With the help of the Dark Pirate, his crew and their friends from Blotting’s, the third book picks up right where we left off in The Nemesis Charm and sets sail straight into their quest. From there we follow our Apprentice Adventurers as they leave Fullstop Island for the first time and sail away to lands, cities, and danger beyond their home, all for the quest of saving everyone in their world. But their world is somehow tied to another, very familiar world, in a beautifully interwoven way that provides a powerful emotional tie into the storyline that is needed to equal out the amount of action in the first half of the book. The second half of the book may not be as exciting and thrilling as the first part, but the emotional poignancy of the bonds and connections a mother and daughter share and an undertone of the meaning of faith provide something deeper and more meaningful than one would expect from a children’s series.
The writing shines the most with the author's descriptions of the Fullstop Island characters (both friends and foes), faraway lands, and magical and colorful ventures. An encounter early in the book with the Fable Fish, is particularly breathtaking in its vivid imagery. It’s almost like the reader was there, witnessing that wondrous event. The nods to notable literary characters, books, and even grammar are still sprinkled heavily throughout the book, as it was in the other two books in the series, is a clever and fun wink to the book's readers. The author can also deftly switch from one scene of exciting, swashbuckling action to another scene filled with touching emotion and still make the whole story feel seamlessly connected. There are so many different layers, but it all works as one and pushes the story forward to its moving, profound, and beautiful ending.
I myself was incredibly sad to see the series end, but I could not have been more moved and pleased by the conclusion of the final book. It was everything you could want in the last volume of a trilogy: it has adventure, wonder, peril, emotion, and heart, and it delivered that and so much more. The entire series though, not just Through the Uncrossable Boundary, is a lovely tribute to the world of books, words, and stories and their power in us and our lives as well. Readers of all ages will want to join Fletcher and Scoop on an adventure, or even become an Apprentice Adventurer themselves at Blotting’s Academy, so they can be around their fellow bookworms and grammar enthusiasts and be in good company while enjoying a tankard of Noveltwist.
Through the Uncrossable Boundary is a sweeping conclusion to an adventure that introduced us to Scoop and Fletcher and their literary, story-centric world of Fullstop Island and beyond. It’s a true adventure story that will become an instant classic, made up of stories, characters, and a literature- and alliteration-inspired world that you, no matter how old you are, will want to revisit over and over again.
I was lucky enough to read a copy of the third and final book in the Firebird Chronicles trilogy, Through the Uncrossable Boundary before its release. I had read the first two books in the series and fell immediately in love with the story, characters, and this magical, literary world the books present. So it was with an eager yet hesitant heart that I started to read the final tome in the series. I knew an epic adventure awaited me, but that also meant the inevitable bittersweet end of a fantastic book series that I really truly enjoyed would finally be coming to an end.
Through the Uncrossable Boundary is a return to the adventures of siblings Scoop and Fletcher, Apprentice Adventurers at Blotting’s Academy on Fullstop Island. Their world has been taken over by a sleeping sickness, with only a handful of people still not under the curse. Grizelda, the villainess of the previous two books, awaits her time to take over Fullstop Island and their world, and follows their every move, along with her army of Red Hawks. Scoop and Fletcher know that their quest is to awaken everyone who has fallen asleep (including the Storyteller, the Princess, and the wise, clever, and lovable Yarnbard) and save their world from being unwritten, but to do this, they have to cross the Threshold of their world and into unknown waters (literally).
Like the last half of the Harry Potter series, it seems like the first two books in the series were almost just the preparations for Fletcher's and Scoop’s biggest adventure yet. With the help of the Dark Pirate, his crew and their friends from Blotting’s, the third book picks up right where we left off in The Nemesis Charm and sets sail straight into their quest. From there we follow our Apprentice Adventurers as they leave Fullstop Island for the first time and sail away to lands, cities, and danger beyond their home, all for the quest of saving everyone in their world. But their world is somehow tied to another, very familiar world, in a beautifully interwoven way that provides a powerful emotional tie into the storyline that is needed to equal out the amount of action in the first half of the book. The second half of the book may not be as exciting and thrilling as the first part, but the emotional poignancy of the bonds and connections a mother and daughter share and an undertone of the meaning of faith provide something deeper and more meaningful than one would expect from a children’s series.
The writing shines the most with the author's descriptions of the Fullstop Island characters (both friends and foes), faraway lands, and magical and colorful ventures. An encounter early in the book with the Fable Fish, is particularly breathtaking in its vivid imagery. It’s almost like the reader was there, witnessing that wondrous event. The nods to notable literary characters, books, and even grammar are still sprinkled heavily throughout the book, as it was in the other two books in the series, is a clever and fun wink to the book's readers. The author can also deftly switch from one scene of exciting, swashbuckling action to another scene filled with touching emotion and still make the whole story feel seamlessly connected. There are so many different layers, but it all works as one and pushes the story forward to its moving, profound, and beautiful ending.
I myself was incredibly sad to see the series end, but I could not have been more moved and pleased by the conclusion of the final book. It was everything you could want in the last volume of a trilogy: it has adventure, wonder, peril, emotion, and heart, and it delivered that and so much more. The entire series though, not just Through the Uncrossable Boundary, is a lovely tribute to the world of books, words, and stories and their power in us and our lives as well. Readers of all ages will want to join Fletcher and Scoop on an adventure, or even become an Apprentice Adventurer themselves at Blotting’s Academy, so they can be around their fellow bookworms and grammar enthusiasts and be in good company while enjoying a tankard of Noveltwist.
Through the Uncrossable Boundary is a sweeping conclusion to an adventure that introduced us to Scoop and Fletcher and their literary, story-centric world of Fullstop Island and beyond. It’s a true adventure story that will become an instant classic, made up of stories, characters, and a literature- and alliteration-inspired world that you, no matter how old you are, will want to revisit over and over again.
September 20, 2018
I have just finished reading the complete series of the “Firebird Chronicles”. I am 68 years old so not a teen reader but I found the series and particularly book three a really enjoyable and thought provoking read.
We think through words. As soon as you think about being, you are using words. You establish yourself in the world through thinking and language and your story is what makes you part of the social fabric of the world. Your actions, your story have effect and consequence and big choices have to be made. Take away the purely animal part of your nature and you are left with the social, political, legal and philosophical part. That is your "name." That is your story. This is a theme that runs throughout the series. It is brought to life by delightful Scoop and Fletcher. At the start of the series they have no memory of who they are, even their names escape them. As we travel along with them, encountering their friends, enemies, those that help and those that hinder they develop fascinatingly before our very eyes.
I read book three whilst on holiday and deliberately slowed my reading down at the end because I didn’t want the magical story to end. I was fortunate enough to have a review copy of book three. It is a beautiful book, full of excitement and pathos and it’s underlying message is one that has meaning for readers and story tellers of any age.
Book three, “Through the Uncrossable Boundary” is due to be launched at the end of November 2018.
We think through words. As soon as you think about being, you are using words. You establish yourself in the world through thinking and language and your story is what makes you part of the social fabric of the world. Your actions, your story have effect and consequence and big choices have to be made. Take away the purely animal part of your nature and you are left with the social, political, legal and philosophical part. That is your "name." That is your story. This is a theme that runs throughout the series. It is brought to life by delightful Scoop and Fletcher. At the start of the series they have no memory of who they are, even their names escape them. As we travel along with them, encountering their friends, enemies, those that help and those that hinder they develop fascinatingly before our very eyes.
I read book three whilst on holiday and deliberately slowed my reading down at the end because I didn’t want the magical story to end. I was fortunate enough to have a review copy of book three. It is a beautiful book, full of excitement and pathos and it’s underlying message is one that has meaning for readers and story tellers of any age.
Book three, “Through the Uncrossable Boundary” is due to be launched at the end of November 2018.
April 8, 2019
What an ending! Big applause to Daniel for tackling issues of mental health, grief, and growing up. The fantasy aspects of the book, full stop island, blotting academy, the whole world is just so rich and fantastic. To then take the fantasy into reality, which is a hard task anyway, and to give the characters such deep complexity it kept me gripped to the last line. The destiny of Scoop and Fletcher was written more closely than they ever realized, with such a great twist.
A great series by a fantastic author, I'd recommend to all ages 😁
A great series by a fantastic author, I'd recommend to all ages 😁
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November 1, 2018
I had recently finished book 2 of the series when I was lucky enough to get an advance copy of book 3. I was really excited to see the story continue so just went straight on to book 3 and was not disappointed. I loved the way the momentum grew through the book and you could feel the different elements of the story joining together to an exciting and moving finale. Marvellous.
March 14, 2019
This was the very last book of the series "The Firebird Chronicles". I liked all of them. I read the first two some time ago so I had to catch up a bit. The storyline is very interesting, a story within a story. I give it four stars and can recommend for teens and up. No swearing or sexual content.
May 27, 2019
The final book in this trilogy is called Through the Uncrossable Boundary. I think you can guess what that means.
In my opinion, this was the strongest book of the three. Again, it still had a fair few errors, but it was unpredictable and unique. Everything was finally explained in full, and the ending was tidy and satisfying. There was loss and heartbreak, and massive revelations.
Basically, Fletcher and Scoop end up in our world. While this is a little predictable, and some of the following events may be a little cheesy, I think it was quite good. It was a nice ending to the trilogy.
3 stars for the final book.
In my opinion, this was the strongest book of the three. Again, it still had a fair few errors, but it was unpredictable and unique. Everything was finally explained in full, and the ending was tidy and satisfying. There was loss and heartbreak, and massive revelations.
Basically, Fletcher and Scoop end up in our world. While this is a little predictable, and some of the following events may be a little cheesy, I think it was quite good. It was a nice ending to the trilogy.
3 stars for the final book.
November 30, 2018
I read this book earlier in the year, after reading and loving the first two books in the series, as well as the short stories that are also set in this world. I really enjoyed the final instalment to The Firebird Chronicles. The world building was so well fleshed out and the characters were all in their own way relatable and I enjoyed reading about all of them.
This isn't the age range or the type of book that I would usually read but I really did love it and would recommend it to anyone, of any age.
This isn't the age range or the type of book that I would usually read but I really did love it and would recommend it to anyone, of any age.
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