North of Nowhere

After reading and enjoying Liz Kessler's, "A Year Without Autumn", this book popped up on a reccomended reading list, so I dove right in and wasn't dissapointed.A girl named Mia and her mom must rush to the seaside village of Porthaven where her grandma lives, upon finding out her grandfather's gone missing. At first, Mia thinks her summer is going to be a gloomy washout, until she discovers an old fishing boat with a diary on it. Using the diary as a pen pal letter, she begins communicating with a mysterious girl named Dee, who has alot in common with Mia. But when Dee's messages of danger and violent storms don't match with Mia's calm and sunny home, the girls realize they got a much bigger mystery on their hands. In time, the pen pals will finally meet...and Mia will connect with her grandparents in a way she never imagined.Much like, "A Year Without Autumn", this is another story involving time travel, and how the bonds of family can stand the test of time, Mia was a nice character to get to know, and is written like a real kid (and not a mini adult). Her relationship with her grandma starts off strained, but over time, they grow closer over their united worry about the missing grandpa. And while time travel will always have it's paradoxes, there wasn't any big holes in logic that I could find. If you've read, "A Year Without Autumn", just replace the time traveling elevator for a time traveling boat. But the "magic" really isn't that important, so much as the real point is to show that even despite a time gap, there's some things that never change.If you're into time travel and/or family drama, give this story a look. If anything, it sounds like it could've been an episode of the Twilight Zone.

My daughter read all the Emily Windsnap books and wanted to read everything Liz Kessler wrote and this one did not disappoint!

…like one of the old (60's) Twilight Zone episodes in concept, it takes a long time to get to the point. Mia learns a lot about the mysteries in town, it may take some patience to get through it. One of the better time travel novels I've ever read in any age range.

Good book. I thought it might be a little more in depth, but it gets better as it goes along. I great read for a 3-5 grader!

My DD loves this author so I will continue to add to her collection of books with these!!

My 9 year old daughter couldn't put it down.

excellent service fast shipping brand new book excellent condition I love it an my child too good books to read excellent o read .

I choose this book because I have read a lot of Liz Kessler's books. I absolutely loved this book! I was a mystery that really had my mouth open. If you liked this book then I would recommend a book called Green by Peyton Laura Roberts and the willow falls series by Wendy Mass

There has yet to be a book from Liz for me to read that I have not liked. Though I guess needed found the interruption of Mia and Dee's story with two page out of time events by Vera, Eric and other people who aren't among the main story characters was a bit confusing.The book deals with Mia who goes with her parents to her grandmother aid when her grandpa mysteriously disappears. With no friends in the small fishing village Mia can't help herself when she comes across a diary aboard a fishing boat and read about a girl much like herself. Though Dee is upset about someone having read her diary they soon become diary pen pals but never seem to have the luck of getting together. When a tourist name Peter and his parents come to the village Peter offers to help and disappears. Mia and Peter's sister Sal begins investigating Peter's disappearance and what they discovers baffled their minds.

Great read daughter loves this author arrived next day

I'm very sad i finished it. It was a Fabulous book and obviously i didn't want to put it down. Very gripping, a must read!

This book is really good with lots of twists and turns in the story line I would recommend it to 8 to 13 year olds

The book started off quite slowly but it got a lot better. The finishing was absolutely amazing!! Recommend it alot!!