Havemeyer, finds her at the cabin, and threatens Samuel’s life. Afraid of January’s power to open Doors, one of Locke’s Society friends (it’s revealed that the Society has ill intentions), Mr. In so doing, she opens a Door from Battleboro to her friend Samuel’s cabin, where her nursemaid Jane is staying after Locke fired her. She uses a special silver coin as a pen to carve words on her arm, and has faith that her words will come true. With newfound confidence in her identity, January escapes from Battleboro. January continues to read The Ten Thousand Doors while imprisoned at Battleboro, and based on her experience discovering the blue Door as a child, realizes that the Doors described in the book are real, and the characters in the book, Ade and Yule, are her mother and father. In response, Locke sends her to Battleboro asylum. At Locke’s annual Society party, January stands up to Locke, motivated by anger at the loss of her father. She reads about Ade Larson and Yule Ian, two young people from different worlds who spent years searching for magic Doors between worlds. Upon hearing that her father is missing and likely dead, she escapes from her grief by reading her newly found book. The day before her 17th birthday, January finds a mysterious book, The Ten Thousand Doors. Over the course of her childhood and into her teenage years, January represses her adventurous nature in favor of the demure good girl Locke wants her to be. However, when Locke finds out what she has done, he locks her away in her room and breaks her wild, adventurous spirit. While traveling to Kentucky with Locke, she discovers a blue Door in an empty field that leads to a world by the sea. As a little girl, January loves exploring and getting into mischief. ( From the publisher.January Scaller grows up under the care and provision of wealthy Cornelius Locke, a collector and business owner that employs January’s father to travel the world and bring back objects for Locke’s collection.
Harrow's spellbinding debut-step inside and discover its magic. Lush and richly imagined, a tale of impossible journeys, unforgettable love, and the enduring power of stories awaits in Alix E.
A book that carries the scent of other worlds, and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure and danger.Įach page turn reveals impossible truths about the world and January discovers a story increasingly entwined with her own.
Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place. In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself.Īs the ward of the wealthy Mr. In the early 1900s, a young woman embarks on a fantastical journey of self-discovery after finding a mysterious book in this captivating and lyrical debut.
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