Twinter: The First Portal
By Veronica Knox
Second Edition Published
by Island Blue Printorium
Silent K Publishing
Copyright 2013
ISBN: 978-0-9877415-5-4
Pages: 238
Twinter, The First Portal is
another amazing work by British Columbia author, Veronica Knox but this time
her story is aimed toward young people. Set at Bede Hall, a manor that sits
proudly on a 300-acre estate in Bede, England.
Once a stately site owned by
Lady Nan, Bede Hall begins to decay from the inside out when she is relegated
to The Beehive Nursing Home. However, Bede Hall has a mind and will of its own,
calling to Lady Nan to return to her rightful home. Why? Because a young ghost
girl and the lady’s long-time friend misses her terribly.
Rather than get into lengthy
explanations on the story line, suffice to say that Bede Hall welcomes her
back, along with her daughter and two young children – twins to be exact –
after their father is lost during an archaeological dig in Egypt.
The characters in this book are
well rounded to the point where the reader gets to know them well and care for
them as well, from the still feisty Lady Nan to the 12-year-old twins, Kit and
Bash. The reader also learns of a host of other characters - some dead, some
not - and again, they stick in ones memory as if they are old friends.
The plot line is beautifully
thought out with some very unexpected surprises in the final chapters. Just
when you think you knew who someone really was, you learn they were much more
than you could ever have imagined.
As the story unfolds, it is a
fanciful tale that is full of good fun. Humans talk to ghosts and vice versa,
dogs chat with cats and a parrot named Pigeon squawks out words during the most
inopportune times that one can not help laughing at. Even Bede Hall comes alive
insisting that it does not intent to be sold and turned into a nursing home or
worse.
“The twins hadn’t a clue that their personal teacup was about
to expand to the size of a bathtub or that even a bathtub would be unable to
contain the bizarre experiences that were about to unfold. But then, that’s
what supernatural means: not natural... not usual... and as far beyond normal
as they could possibly have supposed in their wildest imagination. Besides,
they had no idea that Bede Hall had absolutely no intention of being sold.”
Knox showed her writing moxy in
her previous books, Woo Woo – the posthumous love story of Miss Emily Carr and
Second Lisa, about another painting of the famous work by Leonardo da Vinci.
However in this work, she has reigned in her creativity somewhat in favor of
appealing to younger readers. When big or uncommon words are used, they are
followed by an explanation, cleverly weaved right into the story.
Young readers will definitely
be enrapt with Twinter, a true time travel adventure, while expanding their
vocabulary at the same time. That said this book is more than deserving of a
place on the official school reading list for senior public school students.
This book is part of a series
called the Twinters’ Adventures, with 10 ‘portals’ in total, which must have
been a massive undertaking even for this most talented author.
To pick up a copy of Twinter:
The First Portal go to: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1493595172/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_img_sol_0
Veronica Knox Web Site: http://www.veronicaknox.com
Veronica Knox on Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/veronica-knox/1b/bb5/233
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