The Lost Wonderland Diaries

by J. Scott Savage

Overview

Something monstrous has been found in the magic world of Wonderland and it wants to get out.

Lewis Carroll created a curious and fantastical world in his classic book Alice in Wonderland, but he secretly recorded the true story of his actual travels to Wonderland in four journals which have been lost to the world…until now.
    
Celia and Tyrus discover the legendary Lost Diaries of Wonderland and fall into a portal that pulls them into the same fantasy world as the White Rabbit and the Mad Hatter. However, Wonderland has vastly changed. A darkness has settled over the land, and some creatures and characters that Tyrus remembers from the book have been transformed into angry monsters.
 
Celia and Tyrus make their way through this unpredictable and dangerous land, helped by familiar friends including the Cheshire Cat and a new character, Sylvan, a young rabbit. Together, they desperately work to solve puzzles and riddles, looking for a way out of Wonderland. But the danger increases when the Queen of Hearts begins hunting them. Believing the two young visitors hold the key to opening multiple portals to multiple worlds, she will stop at nothing to capture them.
 
It's up to Celia and Tyrus to save Wonderland and the real world.  It’s a race against time before they are trapped in Wonderland forever.

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781629727868
Publisher:	Shadow Mountain Publishing
Publication date:	09/08/2020
Series:	The Lost Wonderland Diaries , #1
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.30(d)
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

About the Author

J. Scott Savage is the author of the Mysteries of Cove and Farworld middle-grade fantasy series. He has published more than seventeen novels, visited more than 1,400 schools, and taught dozens of writing classes. He has four children, five grandchildren, and lives with his wife, Jennifer, in a windy valley of the Rocky Mountains.

Editorial Reviews

"Whimsical. An amazingly fun world. All of the characters are intriguing. A fun read for any age."

Compass Book Ratings

It's very clear that Scott not only loves the [Wonderland] books, but he GETS them. He gets Lewis Carroll/Charles Dodgson. His love of wordplay, which is so often missing from sequels and interpretations! The math! The names! The puns! What a delight! This is both an action-adventure and a wonderful exploration of Wonderland, and written with such sensitivity, too, toward the new main characters and the original characters!”
 
 

Jessica Day George

2020-06-16
Wonderland is in danger, and two unlikely heroes must work together to save it.

San Jose eighth graders Celia and Tyrus have barely just met at the library when they find the lost diaries of Charles Dodgson—aka Lewis Carroll, narrator Celia’s great-great-great-great-uncle—in which the author recorded his very real travels into the parallel world of Wonderland. When the kids accidentally open a doorway to Wonderland, they discover it has changed a lot since the time Carroll visited, and the place is a much darker, more dangerous world for its unhappy inhabitants, who live under the threat of a nefarious hauntstrosity. Tyrus is a bookworm and wordsmith while Celia is a math and logic whiz, and the story puts their newly minted friendship to the test as they learn to work together and use their skills to solve puzzles and riddles, running against time to save Wonderland and get back to their own world. Savage pays homage to Carroll’s world with imagination as well as a notable love for math and literature while adding his own ingenious twists to the original. Both Celia and Tyrus struggle with bullying back home, and Celia’s dyslexia is a constant source of frustration when other kids underestimate her intelligence, and the book ultimately offers a message of empowerment and self-love. Tyrus is brown-skinned and Celia is assumed white.

A fun and clever return to Wonderland. (Fantasy. 10-14)

Kirkus Reviews

"A whimsical adventure packed with clever puzzles and plenty of heart. Whether you're already a fan of Wonderland, or new to Lewis Carroll's world, you'll be so glad you fell down this rabbit hole!"
 

Shannon Messenger

Kate Reading and Kyla Garcia combine their remarkable talents to narrate this delightful middle-grade fantasy. As the story begins, Garcia skillfully captures the real-world setting in which the story’s two protagonists meet and bond, despite their respective challenges and differences. Celia is a dyslexic who recoils from books but is impressively adept at math and logic. Tyrus is a wordsmith who loves reading and is passionate about fantasy. When they unwittingly plummet into Wonderland, a precarious balance between the real and the imaginary unites them, strengthening their friendship. In this fantastic realm, Reading takes up the narration. Expertly voicing the numerous extraordinary inhabitants who try to help or hinder the heroes’ topsy-turvy quest to save Wonderland and return home, she provides marvelous characterizations that thoroughly enhance this uniquely engaging work. S.A.A. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

NOVEMBER 2020 - AudioFile