Three children in the Florida Everglades find an entrance to another world which is peopled with centaurs, gnomes, a wizard, and a wicked king, and where they experience both great danger and great joy.
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Allan W. Eckert, seven-time Pulitzer Prize nominee, has written 39 books, including his award-winning Incident at Hawk's Hill and The Frontiersmen, plus numerous other historical narratives, novels and non-fiction works, as well as books for young adults and children.
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Allan W. Eckert, seven-time Pulitzer Prize nominee, has written 39 books, including his award-winning Incident at Hawk's Hill and The Frontiersman, plus numerous other historical narratives, novels and non-fiction works, as well as books for young adults and children.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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I LOVED this book!,
By Emma Schurman (Sebastopol, California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Dark Green Tunnel (Hardcover)
This book was wonderful! It is the story of the twins Lara and Barnaby and their cousin William (I think that's what his name was, I haven't read the book for a while) who go into the world of Mesmeria one day by following an owl through the Everglades, only to find that they're destined to save this land.This book is an incredible fantasy (take it from a fanatic bookworm) that I completely loved, and the sequel "The Wand: Return to Mesmeria" is just as good...
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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An imaginative fantasy quest through a C.S. Lewis world!,
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This review is from: The Dark Green Tunnel (Hardcover)
This is the greatest book I have ever read...in other words, my most favorite of all books! It has absolutely everything I dream of in a fantasy novel: an entrance to another world; fantastic and outer-worldly creatures, characters and obstacles; an imaginative and original plot combining the elements of fantasy, fiction, adventure, mystery and suspense; and an almost perfect combination of surrealistic lands and characters. Even though this is the only book of Allan's that I have read, I believe that this is the most different from his others. No other novel I have read let me enter such an incredible world as this one or make my own imagination stronger than it had ever been before! To summarize this enchanted adventure, the two main adventurers-Laura and Barnaby-set off to a secret spot (known by their cousin and the third adventurer, William) in the Florida Everglades. As their small motorboat ventures further in, William's secret owl reveals a hidden passage trhough the side of the walls of the cavernous secret spot, just large enough for the boat. As they make their way through the dark green tunnel, a whole other world is discovered through these three children and an incredible adventure is about to begin! There is only one problem...Laura and Barnaby are twin brother and sister...and in this new world, twins are forbidden
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Happily re-released,
By "antagony" (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Dark Green Tunnel (Paperback)
I first encountered this book about 15 years ago. After much searching in the past 5 I was overjoyed at it's re-release. The book is a wistful journey, fraught with the type of characters which abound in the Chronicles of Narnia, but without as many religious undertones. The creatures created by Eckert are reminiscent of the fantasy epics "Labyrinth" and "The Never Ending Story." The book is as fantastical now as it was waaaaaay back in grade school. My only regret is that it took so long to be re-published.
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Mag Namodder, King Thorkin, Prince Daw, Rana Pipian, Central Trail, Princess Lara, Queen Enna, Castle Thorkin, Captain Greeb, Everglades City, Uncle Danny, Queen Lara, Other World, Auntie Alice, Spell of Oppila, King Beyon, Fir Tree, Loser's Creek, Sir William, Gray Mountains, Spell of Ossyfia, Prince Barnaby, King Daw Browse Sample Pages:
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Mag Namodder, King Thorkin, Prince Daw, Rana Pipian, Central Trail, Princess Lara, Queen Enna, Castle Thorkin, Captain Greeb, Everglades City, Uncle Danny, Queen Lara, Other World, Auntie Alice, Spell of Oppila, King Beyon, Fir Tree, Loser's Creek, Sir William, Gray Mountains, Spell of Ossyfia, Prince Barnaby, King Daw Browse Sample Pages:
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