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Crystal Doors (Crystal Doors #1)
Fourteen-year-old cousins Gwen and Vic have lived together ever since the mysterious deaths of Gwen's parents and disappearance of Vic's mother--until Vic's father accidentally transports them through a magical doorway to the island of Elantya. Vic and Gwen are soon caught in a tempest of ancient magic, vicious creatures, and fierce battles--all connected to a territorial...more
Paperback, 292 pages
Published
May 1st 2007
by Little, Brown Young Readers
(first published June 6th 2006)
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Apr 20, 2011
Lyndsey
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Those who are feeling a little more ADD than usual
Recommended to Lyndsey by:
My short attention span
Okay FINE. This book isn't actually about a blonde chick with a door to an alternate universe in her head, but the plot line is just as equally contrived.
Gwen and Vic are our two protagonists, and they are also "twin" cousins. This means that their dads are brothers, and their moms are sisters. Yeah - two brothers married two sisters and each couple had a child. I'm not sure if I should be creeped out by that. In fact, I found myself thinking about it often throughout the book and whether or not...more
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Vic and Gwen are cousins, born just five hours after each other. Gwens parents died in a mysterious car accident and Vics mother dissapeared when he was small. One day Vics father accidentally transports them throught the crystal door and into another world where Gwen and Vic are stranded, unable to return to Earth.
I picked this book up because I needed something to read and this looked interesting so I wanted to see what this was about. This is actually a pretty good book and I can't wait to fi...more
I picked this book up because I needed something to read and this looked interesting so I wanted to see what this was about. This is actually a pretty good book and I can't wait to fi...more
I read it and finished it, so it wasn't terrible, but it probably would have been better had I read it as perhaps a pre-teen. The storyline is a little too straightforward and the author has the main characters make obviously bad choices so that there is something substantial to write about. Either that, or they are right there at just the right time to protect the island they are stranded on from certain doom. In general, there are points (many) to wonder about, certain facts that make you thin...more
the problem with this book - there was no imagination used and it would've been better if half of it were cut out.
proof: the main characters are gwen and vic. in the new city they go to, the people there have to change their name to fit the language. they become gwenya and viccus. SERIOUSLY!? ok, so there are people who come from other worlds - like afirik (where there are tribal musicians and shamans), chian (where there are medical specialists and weather readers) and grogypt (where there are...more
proof: the main characters are gwen and vic. in the new city they go to, the people there have to change their name to fit the language. they become gwenya and viccus. SERIOUSLY!? ok, so there are people who come from other worlds - like afirik (where there are tribal musicians and shamans), chian (where there are medical specialists and weather readers) and grogypt (where there are...more
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The first book in the Crystal Doors series. Gwen and Vic are fourteen-year-old cousins who live together after the deaths of Gwen's parents and the disappearance of Vic's mother. Vic's scientist father creates a magic crystal door and transports Gwen & Vic to the magical island world of Elantya. Now they find themselves embroiled in a war between the Elantyans and the sea-dwelling merlons. They must learn to live in their new-found home, find a way to return to their world, and discover thei...more
Le temps de noel approche, je me sent festif et je n'ai pas envie de lire un livre violent, noir, pesant et/ou sanglant. Comme je venais de recevoir en cadeau le premier livre de Crystal Door signé par l'auteur de son site personnel, je me suis dit pourquoi pas. Ça va faire changement.
Alors je dois préciser que ce livre est pour enfant et très jeunes adultes. Ma critique est faite sur le fait que je suis un adulte et non sur la qualité au travers des yeux d'un enfant. Avoir lu ce livre il y a 20...more
Alors je dois préciser que ce livre est pour enfant et très jeunes adultes. Ma critique est faite sur le fait que je suis un adulte et non sur la qualité au travers des yeux d'un enfant. Avoir lu ce livre il y a 20...more
I got The Crystal Doors audio book forever ago and it takes me such a long time to get through audio books compared to physical books. As much as I enjoy being read to, sometimes I just want the book to be finished so I can go onto something else. This was one of those books.
The Crystal Doors is a middle grade book I would say aimed at ages 10+.
The book follows fourteen year old cousins Gwen and Vic as they are accidently thrown into the strange world of Elantya and desperately try to get back h...more
The Crystal Doors is a middle grade book I would say aimed at ages 10+.
The book follows fourteen year old cousins Gwen and Vic as they are accidently thrown into the strange world of Elantya and desperately try to get back h...more
Reviewed by Me for TeensReadToo.com
Fourteen-year old cousins Gwen and Vic Pierce are almost nothing alike. Where Gwen is serious, scientific, and analytical, Vic is fun-loving, spontaneous, and outgoing. Older by a mere five hours, Gwen likes to think of herself as the one in charge. Vic likes to use his love of fun to rile his cousin up. Since they both live with Carlton Arthur "Cap" Pierce, Vic's father and Gwen's uncle, things often times get interesting. Gwen's father, Reginald "Rip" Pierce,...more
Fourteen-year old cousins Gwen and Vic Pierce are almost nothing alike. Where Gwen is serious, scientific, and analytical, Vic is fun-loving, spontaneous, and outgoing. Older by a mere five hours, Gwen likes to think of herself as the one in charge. Vic likes to use his love of fun to rile his cousin up. Since they both live with Carlton Arthur "Cap" Pierce, Vic's father and Gwen's uncle, things often times get interesting. Gwen's father, Reginald "Rip" Pierce,...more
14 year old cousins are accidentally pulled through a crystal door into another universe, and must not only study new philosphies and customs, they must also try to find a way to connect back to earth, and, in the meantime, help fight a war in their new world. There were some fun characters, but overall it was a bit too predictable. Nothing special enough to entice me to read any more in the series.
LOVED this book.. it was a captivating read i could not put it down!.. only braught it too days ago and have already read it.. and ordered the 2nd and 3rd books i loved all the creature they discribed Ecspecially Sharifs tiny Djinni inside the crystal ball and the merlons and the little aquits :)
The story was good, but it didn't keep my interest. Much of the dialogue felt forced. I ended up skimming the second half of the book because I wanted to know what happened, but I didn't want to invest too much time in it. Obviously I didn't bother getting book two.
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The characters were likable and I was able to relate to them, and I got sucked into the story very quickly...
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The characters were likable and I was able to relate to them, and I got sucked into the story very quickly...
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Th writing was so choppy and heavy-handed that I didn't get very far. I don't remember Anderson's writing being notably bad when I read him as a kid, but maybe I was too young to pay attention... or maybe writing with another person didn't work well for him. In any case, I was constantly by the sudden topical shifts so I didn't read very far and have no comment on the story itself other than to state that if I ever construct and interdimensional portal I won't leave it laying there for my kids t...more
It was okay...not the best or the worst. It was too plain and barely any extras besides the main plot it was like this lin(forever plot) ____________________________________________________________________________
current fluff material :) Liked it enough to read the sequels. I would have put this in the JFiction section rather than YoungAdult, it was so tame and predictable. Fun take on Atlantis and parellel worlds.
It was too much like the Pendragon series. It wasn't a great read in the beginning, but the book picked up at the end...like the last five chapters.
WOW!!! Goood, clean book! Only a tiny bit of romance in the last page of the last book, which is holding hands and a kiss on the cheek! YES!! I want them to write a fourth book, because it's a cliff hanger, but SOOOO good!
Dec 07, 2008
Summer
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
fantasy adventure fans 5-15
Excellent series by my mothers friend Rebecca. Children band together to rescue adults and each other.
i loved reading this action packed adventure and i want more
Terrible. Absolutely awful. I didn't even finish it.
This was a terrible book.
It was so bad, i am embarassed to say that, i couldn't even finish it.
Very disappointed.
It was so bad, i am embarassed to say that, i couldn't even finish it.
Very disappointed.
classic fantasy
Hoped the series would get better but it doesn't
I just could not get into this book. It had an interesting plot and it wasn't even boring I just couldn't for be life of me finish it and I really only got like a quarter into it. It's one of the only books I wasn't able to finish. I made me really sad and I tried so many times I just couldn't
Just finished this book I got a Comic Con. Enjoyable read. It is a kid's book but still fun for adults and I'm looking forward to getting the next one to see what happens. Rebecca and Kevin definitely have me hooked on the story!
This is a cute, and safe series for children/pre-teens. I wouldn't really recommend it for anyone older than that, it's more the 9-10 year old range. Entertaining story, morals, and wholesome.
wonderful conclusion to the trillogy . Teenages really do have the power to save the world !
loved it anyone from eight to one hundred and eight would fine this book fantastic !
loved it anyone from eight to one hundred and eight would fine this book fantastic !
i think that is was okay. it seemed to get started really slow, but when it got to some action it sort of didn't last too long. all in all, it was an okay-ish/good-ish book
This was an interesting book about time travel. My daughter and I liked it. It was just as good the second time that I read it as it was the first time.
Jul 03, 2007
Beka Olsen
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
people who like magical fantasy stuff
this is a good book! its not very good writing i'll admit, but the plot is great and it's not terrible writing! i can't wait to read the second book!
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Rebecca Moesta is the author of several science fiction books. Although born in Germany, Rebecca was born to American parents and raised in Pasadena, California, where she lived until her early twenties. Rebecca graduated with a Bachelor of Liberal Arts from Cal State L.A.. and shortly after graduation married a former classmate from Caltech, becoming Rebecca Moesta Cowan.
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