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Portals
After suffering the tragic loss of his mother, twelve-year-old Benjamin Simmons finds himself saddled with worries—and responsibilities. His father seems to erupt in anger more and more often at the slightest provocation when he isn’t watching TV drunk or sleeping. Brianna, Ben’s eight-year-old sister, is afraid of their father, desperately misses their mother, and looks to Ben for both protection and emotional support. One afternoon, as Ben walks his usual route home along the edge of a vast wilderness called the Preserve, he discovers a strange rift in the air. He reaches out to touch it and watches in amazement as his arm is swallowed up. When he pulls his arm out, he finds it whole and unscathed. With the help of his friends, Mahmoud and Remy, Ben sets off to discover what exactly is this hole in the woods. However, just as the three of them discover the rift is far more dangerous than they ever expected, Ben is confronted with another crisis, one will threaten everything and everyone he cares about. Portals is a tense and touching adventure that will have readers breathlessly turning pages through to the final, dramatic conclusion.
158 pages, Paperback
Published July 24, 2020
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Tim Hereid
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For now, take a look around. Not bad right? Hm. Yes. It DOES seem a little dusty and shabby, doesn't it? Sort of like a hermitage where the hermit hasn't ventured out or mopped the floor planks or started the dishwasher for awhile. Maybe for years. I mean, I DO write in here, so you'll have to excuse the mess. Of course, I also emerge from time to time to release a book.
Like 'The Weapon'. Maybe you've read the one. No? That's the story of Vayud, a young boy from Amelekhem who loses his family in a terrible event in the desert and is hauled to the seedy city of Chert to be imprisoned and forced to fight as a gladiator.
Of course then there's 'The Dry Valley'. Surely that one...? No? Well, it's a tale of family and sacrifice and adventure but really the story of a normal middle school girl named Calliope whose grandfather just started not talking a year back. She and her grandmother now live in a house dark and heavy with silence. Then a monster appears who comes bearing a truth so startling it will change everything and everyone in Cali's life.
What about 'The Long Cold'? That one's quite a tale. Because, you know, in the bitterest of storms during the longest winter Odveig, steward gnome of Gronn Forest, has ever seen, an avalanche has raged over the faraway Gruthold valley where another gnome, Hundein, and a herd of reindeer have gone to seek shelter. Alone and far from the valley, Odveig must seek the help of animal and gnome alike, while battling the vicious cold, the ever-lurking mennesker and his own growing doubts to find Hundein and bring the herd to safety.
Do you notice all these titles start with 'The'? Is that weird? No? I don't know if it is, but I wanted to mention it so that YOU knew that I knew and that it didn't become a thing. You know.
Well, there's more to come, but right now I'm writing them so I can't tell you about them. So don't ask. In the meantime, for more information about me, my teaching and my books, please go to...
www.timhereid.com/books
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