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Beyond
Thirteen-year-old Alastair Kennedy is an only-child, who lives with his mom. He has ADHD, and doesn’t have any brains. He’s pretty much a nobody.
Life at school is boring and uneventful until Alastair’s mom hires a tutor to help him with school. Alastair slowly learns from his mysterious tutor that his world isn’t the only one. What he knows as “the real world” is merely a dream of a dream world.
A dark force is bent on destroying Alastair’s world as part of a plan to build a better one. When Alastair’s life-long friend is captured, he realizes the only way to save him is to stop the enemy.
Alastair, with his tutor and new friend, travels to the original dream world to destroy his enemy and learn new secrets: Secrets about his own life. Secrets about dreams and reality. Secrets about life itself. He learns the “truth.”
Alastair’s constantly wondering: What is human and what’s not? What’s reality and what is a dream? Alastair must go past the limits of his own beliefs to find the answers as he adventures through the original dream world, as he travels… Beyond.
Life at school is boring and uneventful until Alastair’s mom hires a tutor to help him with school. Alastair slowly learns from his mysterious tutor that his world isn’t the only one. What he knows as “the real world” is merely a dream of a dream world.
A dark force is bent on destroying Alastair’s world as part of a plan to build a better one. When Alastair’s life-long friend is captured, he realizes the only way to save him is to stop the enemy.
Alastair, with his tutor and new friend, travels to the original dream world to destroy his enemy and learn new secrets: Secrets about his own life. Secrets about dreams and reality. Secrets about life itself. He learns the “truth.”
Alastair’s constantly wondering: What is human and what’s not? What’s reality and what is a dream? Alastair must go past the limits of his own beliefs to find the answers as he adventures through the original dream world, as he travels… Beyond.
226 pages, Paperback
Published November 24, 2017
317 people want to read
About the author
Jenna Eve
1 book10 followersJenna Eve is a talented young author. She is excited for her future, which includes writing books and teaching English in Japan. She also enjoys traveling and visiting memorable sites. She's been to San Francisco, New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, and Atlanta, among other cool places.
Jenna has many interests, including musicals, fandom, science-fiction, anime, and techno music. She loves writing about the worlds she creates. She loves to read as much as writing. She loves to learn and does well in school (even if it is a little boring at times), and she enjoys trying new things.
Jenna’s first published work is a young adult sci-fi novel, Beyond (2017, Gold Rush Publishing). She looks forward to writing other novels and short stories in the future. Jenna tends to talk about her characters as if they're real people. She enjoys reading sci-fi, fantasy, romance, and mysteries. If she had the opportunity, she would spend most of her time in a library.
Jenna lived in California for many years but now lives in the majestic mountains of the Pacific Northwest with her family and pet dog, cat, and horses.
Jenna has many interests, including musicals, fandom, science-fiction, anime, and techno music. She loves writing about the worlds she creates. She loves to read as much as writing. She loves to learn and does well in school (even if it is a little boring at times), and she enjoys trying new things.
Jenna’s first published work is a young adult sci-fi novel, Beyond (2017, Gold Rush Publishing). She looks forward to writing other novels and short stories in the future. Jenna tends to talk about her characters as if they're real people. She enjoys reading sci-fi, fantasy, romance, and mysteries. If she had the opportunity, she would spend most of her time in a library.
Jenna lived in California for many years but now lives in the majestic mountains of the Pacific Northwest with her family and pet dog, cat, and horses.
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February 6, 2018
First of all, let me start by sayaing I am thankful for Goodreads giveaways for giving me the opportunity to read this book. Otherwise, I might have missed this enjoyable read.
Poor Alastair. First it was the lack of attention blessed on him by his ADHD. Now, his mom has hired a tutor. A tutor of all things. He didn't need a tutor. He was just fine. His grades weren't failing.
Then came Chance. Chance was no ordinary tutor. From the way he dressed, to his strange understanding of math (I mean, 3+3 makes 8. Everyone knows that...) to the secrets he kept.
In a world where nothing is as it seems, only ones own imagination limits the boundaries. But which is real? What you have known to be reality or that "other" place you always thought was just in your mind?
Grab on and take a ride with Alastair, Chance and the others in this "special" group of people as they traverse the fuzzy border between the two.
I found this book an easy and enjoyable read, having read it in one sitting. I wish the author continued success and will gladly read her next endeavor.
Poor Alastair. First it was the lack of attention blessed on him by his ADHD. Now, his mom has hired a tutor. A tutor of all things. He didn't need a tutor. He was just fine. His grades weren't failing.
Then came Chance. Chance was no ordinary tutor. From the way he dressed, to his strange understanding of math (I mean, 3+3 makes 8. Everyone knows that...) to the secrets he kept.
In a world where nothing is as it seems, only ones own imagination limits the boundaries. But which is real? What you have known to be reality or that "other" place you always thought was just in your mind?
Grab on and take a ride with Alastair, Chance and the others in this "special" group of people as they traverse the fuzzy border between the two.
I found this book an easy and enjoyable read, having read it in one sitting. I wish the author continued success and will gladly read her next endeavor.
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